Outline of computing

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to computing:

Computing – activity of using and improving computer hardware and software.

Branches of computing

Computer science

The Digital Bibliography & Library Project, as of July 2007, lists over 910,000 bibliographic entries on computer science and several thousand links to the home pages of computer scientists. Common topics include:

Computers

Main articles: Computer and Outline of computers

See information processor for a high-level block diagram.

Instruction-level taxonomies

After the commoditization of memory, attention turned to optimizing CPU performance at the instruction level. Various methods of speeding up the fetch-execute cycle include:

Software

Part of an early computer, EDSAC.

History of computing

Business computing

Human factors

Computer network

Wired and wireless computer network

This notebook computer is connected to a wireless access point using a PC card wireless card.

Computing technology based wireless networking (CbWN)

The main goal of CbWN is to optimize the system performance of the flexible wireless network.

Computer security

Data

Numeric data

Character data

Other data topics

Classes of computers

Polish analog computer AKAT-1

There are several terms which describe classes, or categories, of computers:

Companies – current

Companies – historic

Organizations

A computer Lab

Professional

Standards bodies

See also: Standardization and Standards organization

Open standards

See also Open standard

Persons influential in computing

See also

References

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