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by justinlardinois 3562 days ago
Finance has existed longer than software development; I think you might be mixing up the chicken and the egg here.
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Surely quality assurance (QA) has been a concern in physical products since the Industrial Revolution started. It's not a software industry term.
Finance precedes the Industrial Revolution as well. But I think the real question is when each of those terms came into being.