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Computing: Computing Is Any Goal-Oriented Activity Requiring, Benefiting From, or

Computing involves using algorithms and computers to process and manage information. It includes designing hardware and software, programming, research involving computers, and creating communications and entertainment media using computers. The major sub-disciplines of computing are computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, information systems, and information technology.

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Computing: Computing Is Any Goal-Oriented Activity Requiring, Benefiting From, or

Computing involves using algorithms and computers to process and manage information. It includes designing hardware and software, programming, research involving computers, and creating communications and entertainment media using computers. The major sub-disciplines of computing are computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, information systems, and information technology.

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Computing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or


creating a mathematical sequence of steps known as an algorithm e.g.
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; and
creating and using communications and entertainment media. The field
of computing includes computer engineering, software engineering,
computer science, information systems, and information technology.
A difference engine: computing the
solution to a polynomial function
Contents
1 Definitions
2 History
3 Computer
3.1 Computer software and hardware
3.1.1 Application software
3.1.2 System software
3.2 Computer network
3.2.1 Internet
3.3 Computer programming Computer laboratory, Moody Hall,
3.3.1 Computer programmer James Madison University, 2003
3.4 Computer industry
3.4.1 Software industry
4 Sub-disciplines of computing
4.1 Computer engineering
4.2 Software engineering
4.3 Computer science
4.4 Information systems
4.5 Information technology
4.5.1 Systems administration
5 Research and emerging technologies
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links A rack of servers from 2006

Definitions
The ACM Computing Curricula 2005[1] defined "computing" as follows:

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