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Who is credited with inventing the term "software engineer"?

Who is credited with inventing the term "software engineer"? Correct Answer Margaret Hamilton

American computer scientist Margaret Hamilton was one of the first computer software programmers; she created the term "software engineer" to describe her work. She helped write the computer code for the command and lunar modules used on the Apollo missions to the Moon in the late 1960s and early ’70s.

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