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{{Short description|none}} Originally, the word '''''computing''''' was synonymous with counting and calculating, and the science and [[technology]] of mathematical [[calculation]]s. Today, "computing" means using [[computer]]s and other computing machines. It includes their '''operation''' and usage, the [[electronics|electrical]] [[Scientific method|processes]] carried out within the computing [[computer|hardware]] itself, and the theoretical concepts governing them ([[computer science]]). ''See also:'' [[List of programmers]], [[List of computing people]], [[List of computer scientists]], [[List of basic computer science topics]], [[List of terms relating to algorithms and data structures]]. Topics on computing include: {{compact ToC|side=yes|top=yes|num=yes}} ==0β9== [[1.TR.6]] β [[100BaseVG]] β [[100VG-AnyLAN]] β [[10BASE-2]] β [[10BASE-5]] β [[10BASE-T]] β [[120 reset]] β [[1-bit computing]] β [[16-bit computing]] β [[16550 UART]] β [[First normal form|1NF]] β [[1TBS]] β [[20-GATE]] β [[20-GATE]] β [[2B1D]] β [[2B1Q]] β [[2D computer graphics|2D]] β [[2NF]] β [[3-tier (computing)]] β [[32-bit application]] β [[32-bit computing]] β [[320xx microprocessor]] β [[386BSD]] β [[3Com Corporation]] β [[The 3DO Company|3DO]] β [[3D computer graphics]] β [[Third-generation programming language|3GL]] β [[3NF]] β [[3Station]] β [[Berkeley Software Distribution|4.2BSD]] β [[4-bit computing]] β [[404 error]] β [[431A]] β [[473L system]] β [[486SX]] β [[4GL]] β [[4NF]] β 51-FORTH β [[56 kbit/s line]] β [[5ESS switch]] β [[5NF]] β [[5th Glove]] β [[6.001]] β [[64-bit computing]] β [[680x0]] β [[6x86]] β [[8-bit clean]] β [[8-bit computing]] β [[8.3 filename]] β [[80x86]] β [[82430FX]] β [[82430HX]] β [[82430MX]] β [[82430VX]] β [[8514 (display standard)]] β [[8514-A]] β [[88open]] β [[8N1]] β [[8x86]] β [[90β90 rule]] β [[9PAC]] ==A== ABC ALGOL β ABLE β [[ABSET]] β [[ABSYS]] β [[Accent (programming language)|Accent]] β [[Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language]] β [[Accessible Computing]] β [[Ada (programming language)|Ada]] β [[Addressing mode]] β [[AIM alliance]] β [[AirPort]] β [[IBM AIX|AIX]] β [[Algocracy]] β [[ALGOL]] β [[Algorithm]] β [[AltiVec]] β [[Amdahl's law]] β [[America Online]] β [[Amiga]] β [[AmigaE]] β [[Analysis of algorithms]] β [[AOL]] β [[APL (programming language)|APL]] β [[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer, Inc.]] β [[Apple II]] β [[AppleScript]] β [[Array programming]] β [[Arithmetic and logical unit]] β [[ASCII]] β [[Active Server Pages]] β [[ASP.NET]] β [[Assembly language]] β [[Atari]] β [[Atlas Autocode]] β [[AutoLISP]] β [[Automaton]] β [[AWK]] ==B== [[B (programming language)]] β [[BackusβNaur form]] β [[Basic Rate Interface]] (2B+D) β [[BASIC]] β [[Batch job]] β [[BCPL]] β [[Befunge]] β [[BeOS]] β [[Berkeley Software Distribution]] β [[BETA (programming language)|BETA]] β [[Big O notation]] β [[Binary symmetric channel]] β [[Binary Synchronous Transmission]] β [[Binary numeral system]] β [[Bit]] β [[BLISS]] β [[Blu-ray]] β [[Blue screen of death]] β [[Bourne shell]] (sh) [[Bourne-Again shell]] (bash) β [[Better Portable Graphics (BPG)]] β [[Brainfuck]] β [[Btrieve]] β [[BurrowsβAbadiβNeedham logic]] β [[Business computing]] ==C== [[C++]] β [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] β [[C (programming language)|C]] β [[Cache (computing)|Cache]] β [[Canonical LR parser]] β [[Cat (Unix)]] β [[CD-ROM]] β [[Central processing unit]] β [[Camino (web browser)|Chimera]] β [[Chomsky normal form]] β [[CIH virus]] β [[Classic Mac OS]] β [[COBOL]] β [[Cocoa (software)]] β [[Code and fix]] β [[Code Red worm]] β [[ColdFusion]] β [[Colouring algorithm]] β [[COMAL]] β [[Comm (Unix)]] β [[Command line interface]] β [[Command line interpreter]] β [[COMMAND.COM]] β [[Commercial at (computing)]] β [[Commodore 1541]] β [[Commodore 1581]] β [[Commodore 64]] β [[Common logarithm]] β [[Common Unix Printing System]] β [[Compact disc]] β [[Compiler]] β [[Computability theory]] β [[Computational complexity theory]] β [[Computation]] β [[Computer-aided design]] β [[Computer-aided manufacturing]] β [[Computer architecture]] β [[Computer cluster]] β [[Computer hardware]] β [[Computer monitor]] β [[Computer network]] β [[Computer numbering format]] β [[Computer programming]] β [[Computer science]] β [[Computer security]] β [[Computer software]] β [[Computer system]] β [[Computer]] β [[Computing]] β [[Context-free grammar]] β [[Context-sensitive grammar]] β [[Context-sensitive language]] β [[Control flow]] β [[Control store]] β [[Control unit]] β [[CORAL66]] β [[CP/M]] β [[Combined Programming Language|CPL]] β [[Software cracking|Cracking (software)]] β [[Password cracking|Cracking (passwords)]] β [[Cryptanalysis]] β [[Cryptography]] β [[Cybersquatting]] β [[CYK algorithm]] β [[Cyrix 6x86]] ==D== [[D (programming language)|D]] β [[Data compression]] β [[Database normalization]] β [[recursive set|Decidable set]] β [[Deep Blue (chess computer)|Deep Blue]] β [[Desktop environment]] β [[Desktop publishing]] β [[Deterministic finite automaton]] β [[Dialer]] β [[DIBOL]] β [[Diff]] β [[Digital camera]] β [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation)]] β [[Digital signal processing]] β [[Digital visual interface]] β [[Direct manipulation interface]] β [[Disk storage]] β [[Distance transform]] β [[Distance map]] β [[Distance field]] β [[Docblock]] β [[DVD]] β [[DVI (TeX)]] β [[Dvorak keyboard layout]] β [[Dylan (programming language)|Dylan]] ==E== [[Earth Simulator]] β [[EBCDIC]] β [[ECMAScript]] (a.k.a. JavaScript) β [[Electronic data processing]] (EDP) β [[Enhanced Versatile Disc]] (EVD) β [[ENIAC]] β [[Enterprise Java Beans|Enterprise Java Beans]] (EJB) β <!-- nbsp makes it so the term is not broken across multiple lines --> [[Entscheidungsproblem]] β [[Equality (relational operator)]] β [[Erlang (programming language)|Erlang]] β [[Enterprise resource planning]] (ERP) β [[ES EVM]] β [[Ethernet]] β [[Euclidean algorithm]] β [[Euphoria (programming language)|Euphoria]] β [[Exploit (computer security)]] ==F== [[Fast Ethernet]] β [[Federated Naming Service]] β [[Field specification]] β [[Final Cut Pro]] β [[Finite-state machine|Finite-state automaton]] β [[FireWire]] β [[First-generation language]] β [[Floating-point unit]] β [[Floppy disk]] β [[Formal language]] β [[Forth (programming language)|Forth]] β [[Fortran]] β [[Fourth-generation language]] β [[Fragmentation (computing)|Fragmentation]] β [[Free On-line Dictionary of Computing]] β [[Free Software Foundation]] β [[Free software movement]] β [[Free software]] β [[Freescale 68HC11]] β [[Freeware]] β [[Function-level programming]] β [[Functional programming]] ==G== [[PowerPC 970|G5]] β [[Graphics Environment Manager|GEM]] β [[General Algebraic Modeling System]] β Genie β [[GNU]] β [[GNU Bison]] β [[Gnutella]] β [[Graphical user interface]] β [[Graphics Device Interface]] β [[Greibach normal form]] β [[G.hn]] ==H== [[hack (technology slang)]] β [[Hacker (computer security)]] β [[Hacker (hobbyist)]] β [[Hacker (programmer subculture)]] β [[Hacker|Hacker (term)]] β [[Halting problem]] β [[Hard drive|Hard Drive]] β [[Haskell]] β [[HD DVD]] β [[History of computing]] β [[History of computing hardware]] β [[History of Microsoft Windows]] β [[History of operating systems]] β [[History of the graphical user interface]] β [[Hitachi 6309]] β [[Home computer]] β [[Humanβcomputer interaction]] ==I== [[IA-32]] β [[IA-64]] β [[IBM PC]] β [[Interactive computation]] β [[IBM]] β [[iBook]] β [[iCab]] β [[iCal]] β [[Icon (programming language)|Icon]] β [[iDVD]] β [[IEEE 802.2]] β [[IEEE 802.3]] β [[IEEE floating-point standard]] β [[iMac]] β [[Image processing]] β [[iMovie]] β [[Indentation style]] [[Inform]] β [[Instruction register]] β [[Intel 8008]] β [[Intel 80186]] β [[Intel 80188]] β [[Intel 80386]] β [[Intel 80486SX]] β [[Intel 80486]] β [[Intel 8048]] β [[Intel 8051]] β [[Intel 8080]] β [[Intel 8086]] β [[Intel 80x86]] β [[Intel]] β [[INTERCAL]] β [[International Electrotechnical Commission]] β [[Internet Explorer]] β [[Internet]] β [[iPhoto]] β [[iPod]] β [[iResQ]] β [[Irreversible circuit]] β [[iSync]] β [[iTunes]] ==J== [[J (programming language)]] β [[Java Platform, Enterprise Edition]] β [[Java Platform, Micro Edition]] β [[Java Platform, Standard Edition]] β [[Java API]] β [[Java (programming language)|Java]] β [[Java virtual machine|Java virtual machine]] (JVM) β [[JavaScript]] (standardized as [[ECMAScript]]) β [[JPEG]] ==K== [[The C Programming Language|K&R]] β [[KDE]] β [[Kilobyte]] β [[Kleene star]] β [[Klez]] β [[KRYPTON (programming language)|KRYPTON]] ==L== [[LALR parser]] β [[Lambda calculus]] β [[Lasso (programming language)|Lasso]] β [[LaTeX]] β [[Leet]] β [[Legal aspects of computing]] β [[lex (software)|Lex]] β [[LibreOffice]] β [[Limbo (programming language)|Limbo]] β [[Linked list]] β [[Linux]] β [[Lisp (programming language)|Lisp]] β [[List of IBM products]] β [[List of Intel processors|List of Intel microprocessors]] β [[List of programming languages]] β [[List of operating systems]] β [[List of Soviet computer systems]] β [[LL parser]] β [[Logic programming]] β [[Logo (programming language)|Logo]] β [[Lotus 1-2-3]] β [[LR parser]] β [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] β [[Lynx (programming language)|Lynx language]] β [[Lynx (web browser)|Lynx browser]] ==M== [[m4 (computer language)|m4]] β [[macOS Server]] β [[macOS]] β [[Mac (computer)|Mac]] β [[MAD (programming language)|MAD]] β [[Mainframe computer]] β [[Malware]] β [[Mary (programming language)|Mary]] β [[Mealy machine]] β [[Megabyte]] β [[Melissa worm]] β [[Mercury (programming language)|Mercury]] β [[Mesa programming language|Mesa]] β [[Microassembler|Microcode]] β [[Microprocessor]] β [[Microprogram]] β [[Microsequencer]] β [[Microsoft Windows]] β [[Microsoft]] β [[MIPS architecture]] - [[Miranda (programming language)|Miranda]] β [[ML (programming language)|ML]] β [[MultiMediaCard|MMC]] β [[Memory management unit|MMU]] β [[MMX (instruction set)|MMX]] β [[Mobile Trin]] β [[Modula]] β [[MOO]] β [[Moore's law|Moore's Law]] β [[Moore machine]] β [[Morris worm]] β [[MOS Technology 6502]] β [[MOS Technology 650x]] β [[MOS Technology 6510]] β [[Motorola 68000]] β [[Motorola 6800]] β [[Motorola 68020]] β [[Motorola 68030]] β [[Motorola 68040]] β [[Motorola 68060]] β [[Motorola 6809]] β [[Motorola 680x0]] β [[Motorola 68LC040]] β [[Motorola 88000]] β [[Mozilla]] β [[MPEG]] β [[MS-DOS]] β [[Multics]] β [[Multiprocessing]] β [[MUMPS]] ==N== [[Microsoft .NET|.NET]] β [[NetBSD]] β [[Netlib]] β [[Netscape Navigator]] β [[NeXT, Inc.]] β [[Nial]] β [[Nibble|Nybble]] β [[Ninetyβninety rule]] β [[Non-uniform memory access]] β [[Nondeterministic finite automaton]] ==O== [[Oberon (programming language)|Oberon]] β [[Objective-C]] β [[Object (computer science)|object]] β [[OCaml]] β [[occam (programming language)|occam]] β [[OmniWeb]] β [[One True Brace Style]] β [[OpenBSD]] β [[Open-source software|Open source]] β [[Open Source Initiative]] β [[OpenVMS]] - [[Opera (web browser)]] β Operating system advocacy β [[Operating system]] ==P== [[PA-RISC]] β [[Page description language]] β [[Pancake sorting]] β [[Parallax Propeller]] β [[Parallel computing]] β [[Parser]] (language) β [[Parsing]] (technique) β [[Partial function]] β [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] β [[Programmed Data Processor|PDP]] β [[Peer-to-peer network]] β [[Perl]] β [[Personal computer]] β [[PHP]] β [[PILOT]] β [[PL/I]] β [[Pointer (computer programming)|Pointer]] β [[Poplog]] β [[Portable Document Format]] (PDF) β [[Poser (software)|Poser]] β [[PostScript]] β [[PowerBook]] β [[PowerPC]] β [[PowerPC G4]] β [[Prefix grammar]] β [[Preprocessor]] β [[Primitive recursive function]] β [[Programming language]] β [[Prolog]] β [[PSPACE-complete]] β [[Pulse-code modulation]] (PCM) β [[Pushdown automaton]] β [[Python (programming language)|Python]] ==Q== [[QuarkXPress]] β [[QuickTime]] β [[QWERTY]] ==R== [[R (programming language)]] β [[Random-access memory|RAM]] (random-access memory) β [[RAM drive]] β [[Random access]] β [[RascalMPL]] β [[Ratfor]] β [[RCA 1802]] β [[Read-only memory]] (ROM) β [[REBOL programming language|REBOL]] β [[Recovery-oriented computing]] β [[Recursive descent parser]] β [[Recursion (computer science)]] β [[Recursive set]] β [[Recursively enumerable language]] β [[Recursively enumerable set]] β [[Reference (computer science)]] β [[Referential transparency]] β [[processor register|Register]] β [[Regular expression]] β [[Regular grammar]] β [[Regular language]] β [[IBM RPG|RPG]] β [[Retrocomputing]] β [[Rexx|REXX]] β [[Request for Comments|RFC]] β [[reduced instruction set computer|RISC]] β [[IBM RS/6000|RS/6000]] β [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] ==S== [[Safari (web browser)]] β [[SAIL (programming language)|SAIL]] β [[Script kiddie]] β [[Scripting language]] β [[SCSI]] β [[Second-generation programming language]] β [[Secure Sockets Layer]] β [[sed]] β [[Self (programming language)|Self]] (or SELF) β [[Semaphore (programming)]] β [[Sequential access]] β [[SETL]] β [[Shareware]] β [[Shell script]] β [[Shellcode]] β [[SIMD]] β [[Simula]] β [[Sircam]] β [[Slide rule]] β [[Serial Line Internet Protocol|SLIP]] β [[SLR parser]] β [[Smalltalk]] β [[Server Message Block]] β [[SMBus]] β [[SMIL (computer)]] β [[Smiley]] β [[SNOBOL]] β [[Software engineering]] β [[SONET]] β [[Space-cadet keyboard]] β [[SPARC International]] β [[Specialist (computer)]] β [[SPITBOL]] β [[SQL]] β [[SQL slammer worm]] β [[SR (programming language)|SR]] β [[Secure Sockets Layer|SSL]] β [[Service-oriented architecture]] β [[S/SL programming language|S/SL]] β [[Stale pointer bug]] β [[Standard ML]] (or SML) β [[Stateless server]] β [[Stepping level]] - [[Structured programming]] β [[Subject-oriented programming]] β [[Subnet|Subnetwork]] β [[Supercomputer]] β [[Swap space]] β [[Symbolic mathematics]] β [[Symlink]] β [[Symmetric multiprocessing]] β [[Syntactic sugar]] β [[SyQuest Technology]] β [[SYSKEY]] β [[System board]] β [[System programming language]] β [[IBM System R|System R]] (IBM) β [[System X (supercomputer)]] ==T== [[TADS]] β [[Tcl]] β [[TECO (text editor)]] β [[Text editor]] β [[TeX]] β [[Third-generation programming language|Third-generation language]] β [[Timeline of computing]] β [[Timeline of computing 1950β1979]] β [[Timeline of computing 1980β1989]] β [[Timeline of computing 1990β1999]] β [[Timeline of computing hardware before 1950]] (2400 BCβ1949) β [[Tk (software)|Tk]] β [[Text Processing Utility|TPU]] β [[TRAC (programming language)|Trac]] β [[Transparency (humanβcomputer interaction)|Transparency (computing)]] β [[Trin II]] β [[Trin VX]] β [[Turing machine]] β [[Turing (programming language)|Turing]] β [[2B1Q]] ==U== [[User acceptance testing|UAT]] β [[Unicode]] β [[Unicon (programming language)|Unicon]] β [[Unix]] β [[Unix shell]] β [[UNIX System V]] β [[Unlambda]] β [[USB]] β [[Unreachable memory]] ==V== [[Non-English-based programming languages|Var'aq]] β [[VAX]] β [[VBScript]] β [[Vector processor]] β [[Corel Ventura|Ventura Publisher]] β [[Very-large-scale integration]] β [[Non-linear editing system|Video editing]] β [[Virtual memory]] β [[Visual Basic (classic)]] β [[Visual Basic .NET]] β [[Visual FoxPro]] β [[Von Neumann architecture]] ==W== [[WD16]] β [[Web 2.0]] β [[Web browser]] β [[Western Design Center]] β [[The WELL]] - [[Western Design Center 65C02]] β [[Western Design Center 65816]] β [[Whitespace (programming language)|Whitespace]] β [[Wiki]] β [[Window manager]] β [[Windows 1.0]] β [[Windows 2000]] β [[Windows 95]] β [[Windows Me]] β [[Windows NT]] β [[Windows XP]] β [[Windows 7]] β [[Word processor]] β [[World Wide Web]] β [[WYSIWYG]] ==X== [[X Window System]] β [[X86]] β [[Xmouse]] ==Y== [[Yacc]] β [[YaST]] β [[Yet another]] β [[Yorick (programming language)|Yorick]] ==Z== [[Z notation]] β [[Z shell]] β [[Zilog Z80]] β [[Zooming User Interface]] β [[ZX80]] β [[ZX81]] β [[ZX Spectrum]] {{compact ToC|side=yes|top=yes|num=yes}} {{Index footer}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Computing Topics}} [[Category:Science-related lists]] [[Category:Computing-related lists]] [[Category:Indexes of computer topics| ]]
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