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Pair programming

Collaborative method for developing software

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Pair programming is a software development method in which two computer programmers work together at one workstation. One, the driver, writes source code while the other, the observer or navigator, reviews each line of code as it is typed in. The two programmers switch roles often.

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The public source identifies “Pair programming” as collaborative method for developing software. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pair, programming and Collaborative.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 46-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Pair, programming and Collaborative providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Pair programming” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.