Computing

The original meaning of computing was synonymous with counting and calculating. Since the advent of the computer, it has come to also mean the operation and usage of these machines, as well as the electrical processes carried out within the computer hardware itself.

• Computer science --- Theory of computation

• Computer hardware --- Computer network --- Computer system
• Computer programming --- Computer software

• History of computing

• Business computing[?]
  • Computer aided design
  • Computer aided manufacturing[?]
  • Customer relationship management
  • Data warehouse
  • Decision support system[?]
  • Electronic data processing[?]
  • Enterprise resource planning
  • Geographic information system
  • Management information system[?]
  • Material resource planning
  • Strategic enterprise management[?]
  • Supply chain management

• Accessible computing
• Human-computer interaction (Geek Speak)

• Computer security
  • Cryptology - cryptography - information theory
  • Cracking - demon dialing - Hacking - war dialing - war driving
  • Dumpster diving
  • Physical security
  • Batch job

• Data
  • numeric
    • integral data types - bit, byte, etc.
    • real data types: Float (Floating Point, Single Precision, Double Precision, Fixed Precision, Fixed Width[?])
    • Binary Coded Decimal (BCD)
    • representation: Binary - Octal - Decimal - Hexadecimal (hex)
  • character
    • storage: Character - String - Text - Plain text
    • representation: ASCII - Unicode - Multibyte[?] - EBCDIC (Widecharacter[?], Multicharacter[?])
  • other topics: Data compression - Digital signal processing - Image processing - Indexed[?]

• Classes of computers:
  • Analog computer
  • Desktop computer
  • Digital computer
  • Embedded computer
  • Home computer
  • Laptop
  • Mainframe
  • Minicomputer
  • Microcomputer
  • Personal computer
  • Personal digital assistant
  • Server
  • Tablet PC
  • Video game console
  • Workstation

• Companies - current
  • Apple Computer
  • Dell
  • Fujitsu
  • Gateway
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • IBM
  • Microsoft

• Companies - historic
  • English Electric[?]
  • Ferranti[?]
  • General Electric
  • ICL[?]
  • Leo
  • Marconi
  • Scientific Data Systems[?]
  • Univac
  • Compaq
  • DEC

• Professional organisations
  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • British Computer Society (BCS)
  • Association for Survey Computing (ASC)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), in particular the IEEE Computer Society[?]
  • International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

• Standards organizations and consortiums (see also standardization)
  • International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
  • World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)