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'''Computing''' is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating [[Algorithm|algorithms]] -- for example, through [[Computer|computers]]. | '''Computing''' is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating [[Algorithm|algorithms]] -- for example, through [[Computer|computers]]. | ||
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
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The field of computing includes: | The field of computing includes: | ||
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* [[Software engineering]] | * [[Software engineering]] | ||
* [[Computer science]] | * [[Computer science]] | ||
* [[Information system|Information systems]] | * [[Information system|Information systems]] | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* [[Computer programming]] | * [[Computer programming]] | ||
* [[Computer science]] | * [[Computer science]] | ||
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* [[Information processing]] | * [[Information processing]] | ||
* [[Input (computing)]] | * [[Input (computing)]] | ||
Revision as of 15:02, 15 September 2015
Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating algorithms -- for example, through computers.
(TO DO: expand, organize, cross-reference, illustrate.)
Description
Computing includes:
- Designing, developing and building hardware and software systems.
- Processing, structuring, and managing various kinds of information.
- Doing scientific research on and with computers
- Making computer systems behave intelligently
- Creating and using communications and entertainment media.
The field of computing includes:
- Computer engineering
- Software engineering
- Computer science
- Information systems
- Information technology
See also
- Algorithm
- Calculation
- Computation
- Computer
- Computer programming
- Computer science
- Hexadecimal
- Information processing
- Input (computing)
- Legacy system
- Locale
- Output (computing)
- Process (computing)
- Plain text
- Sequence
Exterior links
- Computing @ Wikipedia
