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The same vocabulary defines software as computer programs, procedures, and possibly associated documentation and data pertaining to the operation of a computer system. The Guide also records earlier definitions and notes that they share a concern with the development and maintenance of software.[^s1]\n\nSoftware engineering sits between the mathematical and physical disciplines of computer science and technology and the work of applying those findings to particular application domains. Science aims at discovery. Engineering applies knowledge to solve real-world problems cost-effectively with limited resources. The Guide therefore puts the relevant theory of computer science and engineering into three foundation knowledge areas, and the remaining knowledge areas catalog the practice and engineering economics of software engineering. Software engineering and computer science are related but distinct, in the same way that chemical engineering and chemistry are related but distinct.[^s1]\n\nThe SWEBOK Guide is not the body of knowledge itself. That body of knowledge exists in the published literature. The Guide's purpose is to describe the generally accepted portion, organize it, and provide topical access to it. 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The Guide recognizes eleven related disciplines but does not take characterizing their knowledge as its own objective: business analysis, computer engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, data science, general management, information systems and technology, mathematics, project management, quality management, and systems engineering.[^s1]\n\nKnowledge areas:\n\n- [[concept_software_requirements|Software Requirements]]\n- [[concept_software_architecture|Software Architecture]]\n- [[concept_software_design|Software Design]]\n- [[concept_software_construction|Software Construction]]\n- [[concept_software_testing|Software Testing]]\n- [[concept_software_engineering_operations|Software Engineering Operations]]\n- [[concept_software_maintenance|Software Maintenance]]\n- [[concept_software_configuration_management|Software Configuration Management]]\n- [[concept_software_engineering_management|Software Engineering Management]]\n- [[concept_software_engineering_process|Software Engineering Process]]\n- [[concept_software_engineering_models_and_methods|Software Engineering Models and Methods]]\n- [[concept_software_quality|Software Quality]]\n- [[concept_software_security|Software Security]]\n- [[concept_software_engineering_professional_practice|Software Engineering Professional Practice]]\n- [[concept_software_engineering_economics|Software Engineering Economics]]\n- [[concept_computing_foundations|Computing Foundations]]\n- [[concept_mathematical_foundations|Mathematical Foundations]]\n- [[concept_engineering_foundations|Engineering Foundations]]\n\nThe vocabulary standard listed in the Guide's appendix is [[work_ieee_24765_2017|ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:2017]]. 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