Computing
Originally, the word computing was synonymous with counting and calculating, and a science that deals with the original sense of computing mathematical calculations.
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The following definition of computing is given in the ACM report Computing As a Discipline:
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The discipline of computing is the systematic study of algorithmic processes that describe and transform information: their theory, analysis, design, efficiency, implementation, and application. The fundamental question underlying all the computing is 'What can be (efficiently) automated?'
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~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Science and theory |
| ► | Hardware |
| ► | Software |
| ► | History of computing |
| ► | Business computing |
| ► | Human factors |
| ► | Computer security |
| ► | Data |
| ► | Mechatronics |
| ► | Classes of computers |
| ► | Companies - current |
| ► | Companies - historic |
| ► | Professional organizations |
| ► | Standards organizations and consortia (see also standardization) |
| ► | Miscellaneous |
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