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In the software world, it seems that SCM is an unfortunately overloaded acronym.

It can mean:-

Which one of these is the dominant term? Do they mean the same thing?

To me Source Code Management is essentially synonymous with Version Control. Whereas Software Configuration Management is a larger subject, which potentially includes Build and Release Management as well.

However looking on Wikipedia, it lists Subversion as a Software Configuration Management tool, which is at most only tangentially true.

Build and Software Management has come up before, but nothing definitive has been said on the matter, unfortunately.