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title: "Index of computing articles"
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Originally, the word computing was synonymous with counting and calculating, and the science and technology of mathematical calculations. Today, "computing" means using computers and other computing machines. It includes their operation and usage, the electrical processes carried out within the computing 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:

== 0–9 ==
1.TR.6 –
100BaseVG –
100VG-AnyLAN –
10BASE-2 –
10BASE-5 –
10BASE-T –
120 reset –
1-bit computing –
16-bit computing –
16550 UART –
1NF –
1TBS –
20-GATE –
20-GATE –
2B1D –
2B1Q –
2D –
2NF –
3-tier (computing) –
32-bit application –
32-bit computing –
320xx microprocessor –
386BSD –
3Com Corporation –
3DO –
3D computer graphics –
3GL –
3NF –
3Station –
4.2BSD –
4-bit computing –
404 error –
431A –
473L system –
486SX –
4GL –
4NF –
51-FORTH –
56 kbit/s line –
5ESS switch –
5NF –
5th Glove –
6.001 –
64-bit computing –
680x0 –
6x86 –
8-bit clean –
8-bit computing –
8.3 filename –
80x86 –
82430FX –
82430HX –
82430MX –
82430VX –
8514 (display standard) –
8514-A –
88open –
8N1 –
8x86 –
90–90 rule –
9PAC

== A ==
ABC ALGOL –
ABLE –
ABSET –
ABSYS –
Accent –
Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language –
Accessible Computing –
Ada –
Addressing mode –
AIM alliance –
AirPort –
AIX –
Algocracy –
ALGOL –
Algorithm –
AltiVec –
Amazon Web Services –
Amdahl's law –
America Online –
Amiga –
AmigaE –
Analysis of algorithms –
AOL –
APL –
Apple Computer, Inc. –
Apple II –
AppleScript –
Array programming –
Arithmetic and logical unit –
ASCII –
Active Server Pages –
ASP.NET –
Assembly language –
Atari –
Atlas Autocode –
AutoLISP –
Automaton –
AWK –
Microsoft Azure

== B ==
B (programming language) –
Backus–Naur form –
Basic Rate Interface (2B+D) –
BASIC –
Batch job –
BCPL –
Befunge –
BeOS –
Berkeley Software Distribution –
BETA –
Big O notation –
Binary symmetric channel –
Binary Synchronous Transmission –
Binary numeral system –
Bit –
BLISS –
Blu-ray –
Blue screen of death –
Bourne shell (sh)
Bourne-Again shell (bash) –
Better Portable Graphics (BPG) –
Brainfuck –
Btrieve –
Burrows–Abadi–Needham logic –
Business computing

== C ==
C++ –
C# –
C –
Cache –
Canonical LR parser –
Cat (Unix) –
CD-ROM –
Central processing unit –
Chimera –
Chomsky normal form –
CIH virus –
Classic Mac OS –
Cloud Computing –
COBOL –
Cocoa (software) –
Code and fix –
Code Red worm –
ColdFusion –
Colouring algorithm –
COMAL –
Comm (Unix) –
Command line interface –
Command line interpreter –
COMMAND.COM –
Commercial at (computing) –
Commodore 1541 –
Commodore 1581 –
Commodore 64 –
Common logarithm –
Common Unix Printing System –
Compact disc –
Compiler –
Computability theory –
Computational complexity theory –
Computation –
Computer-aided design –
Computer-aided manufacturing –
Computer architecture –
Computer cluster –
Computer hardware –
Computer monitor –
Computer network –
Computer numbering format –
Computer programming –
Computer science –
Computer security –
Computer software –
Computer system –
Computer –
Computing –
Context-free grammar –
Context-sensitive grammar –
Context-sensitive language –
Control flow –
Control store –
Control unit –
CORAL66 –
CP/M –
CPL –
Cracking (software) –
Cracking (passwords) –
Cryptanalysis –
Cryptography –
Cybersquatting –
CYK algorithm –
Cyrix 6x86

== D ==
D –
Data compression –
Database normalization –
Decidable set –
Deep Blue –
Desktop environment –
Desktop publishing –
Deterministic finite automaton –
Dialer –
DIBOL –
Diff –
Digital camera –
DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) –
Digital signal processing –
Digital visual interface –
Direct manipulation interface –
Disk storage –
Distance transform –
Distance map –
Distance field –
Docblock –
DVD –
DVI (TeX) –
Dvorak keyboard layout –
Dylan

== E ==
Earth Simulator –
EBCDIC –
ECMAScript (a.k.a. JavaScript) –
Electronic data processing (EDP) –
Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD) –
ENIAC –
Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) – 
Entscheidungsproblem –
Equality (relational operator) –
Erlang –
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) –
ES EVM –
Ethernet –
Euclidean algorithm –
Euphoria –
Exploit (computer security)

== F ==
Fast Ethernet –
Federated Naming Service –
Field specification –
Final Cut Pro –
Finite-state automaton –
FireWire –
First-generation language –
Floating-point unit –
Floppy disk –
Formal language –
Forth –
Fortran –
Fourth-generation language –
Fragmentation –
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing –
Free Software Foundation –
Free software movement –
Free software –
Freescale 68HC11 –
Freeware –
Function-level programming –
Functional programming

== G ==
G5 –
GEM –
General Algebraic Modeling System –
Genie –
GNU –
GNU Bison –
Gnutella –
Graphical user interface –
Graphics Device Interface –
Greibach normal form –
G.hn

== H ==
hack (technology slang) –
Hacker (computer security) –
Hacker (hobbyist) –
Hacker (programmer subculture) –
Hacker (term) –
Halting problem –
Hard Drive –
Haskell –
HD DVD –
History of computing –
History of computing hardware –
History of Microsoft Windows –
History of operating systems –
History of the graphical user interface –
Hitachi 6309 –
Home computer –
Human–computer interaction