is there an encyclopedia of software concepts?

[Stephen Ferg]

This query isn't directly related to Python, but I thought I'd ask the
most knowledgeable group of people I know, so I'm posting it here.


Lately I've been interested in what the word "framework" means, in the
context of software development. As in "XXX is a GUI development
framework". And I'm wondering things like "Where does the term
'event-driven' (as in 'event-driven programming') come from? When was
it first used, and by whom?" And other similar questions.

My problem is that I can't just Google on (for instance) "framework".
I get back all sorts of stuff, including stuff that is non-computer
related, and lots of sites that have informations about frameworks but
that don't define the concept framework.

Either I need a way to narrow my Google query, or I need to find
something like an encyclopedia of sofware engineering concepts. Does
anybody know if such a thing exists?

 

[Jakub Fast]

Stephen Ferg wrote:

[...]

Either I need a way to narrow my Google query, or I need to find
something like an encyclopedia of sofware engineering concepts. Does
anybody know if such a thing exists?

Wikipedia @ www.wikipedia.org
The Portland Pattern Repository @ http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors

are the first two that come to mind.

hth,

k

 

[Christopher T King]

Wikipedia @ www.wikipedia.org
The Portland Pattern Repository @ http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors

FOLDOC, the Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing, is usually a very good
reference. The main site is http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/, but there
are many mirrors, and it's available in a format suitable for the Unix
dict program. What's more, it includes the complete jargon file inside of
it.

 

[GerritM]

Lately I've been interested in what the word "framework" means, in the
context of software development. As in "XXX is a GUI development
framework". And I'm wondering things like "Where does the term
'event-driven' (as in 'event-driven programming') come from? When was
it first used, and by whom?" And other similar questions.

Try http://www.cetus-links.org/software.html

regards Gerrit

 

[John Lenton]

My problem is that I can't just Google on (for instance) "framework".
I get back all sorts of stuff, including stuff that is non-computer
related, and lots of sites that have informations about frameworks but
that don't define the concept framework.

you could google for 'define:framework'...