<s>
The	O
NATO	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Engineering	I-Application
Conferences	I-Application
were	O
held	O
in	O
1968	O
and	O
1969	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
conferences	O
were	O
attended	O
by	O
international	O
experts	O
on	O
computer	B-Application
software	I-Application
who	O
agreed	O
on	O
defining	O
best	O
practices	O
for	O
software	O
grounded	O
in	O
the	O
application	O
of	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
conferences	O
played	O
a	O
major	O
role	O
in	O
gaining	O
general	O
acceptance	O
for	O
the	O
term	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
.	O
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