naming - Source control vs. Revision Control?

Question

Which is the correct name for a system which stores versions of source code, like SVN or TFS?

I've always called it source control, but places like Wikipedia calls it revision control?

To make this more complicated sites like this one have a tag for both?

Answer 1

• Revision Control is the more generic term, used for source-control tools but also for other tools (Word, OpenOffice, ...). It references a version.

• Source Control offers revision control with branching and merging which are not always available in all revision tools (Word is not a Source Control, but offer revision control features)

• Version Control is a more general term than Source Control in that it manages version of anything (sources or binaries, or any kind of documents)

Note: SCM stands for Source Code Management, but also for Software Code Management, to reflect the same idea (not just "sources" are managed).
Plus SCM introduces the notion of dependencies between group of files.
And it can also includes the notion of change lifecycle (start a change, close a change, ...) which leads to change request system.