Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conway's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: con-way's law
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An adage that states that organizations design computer systems that mirror their own communication structure.

Example Sentences

"Recognizing Conway's Law¶ In the last several years, Mel Conway's 1967 paper “How Do Committees Invent?” has become an almost required topic in presentations about microservices as well as APIs in general."

Etymology

Named after computer programmer Melvin Conway, who introduced the idea in 1967.

Questions

What does conway's law mean?: An adage that states that organizations design computer systems that mirror their own communication structure.
Where does conway's law come from?: Named after computer programmer Melvin Conway, who introduced the idea in 1967.

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