Computing

Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating algorithms -- for example, through computers.

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, and information technology.

See Also

• Computer
• Computer programming

Exterior Links

• Computing @ Wikipedia