Short description: Overview of and topical guide to computers
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to computers:
Computers – programmable machines designed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations. The sequences of operations can be changed readily, allowing computers to solve more than one kind of problem.
What type of thing is a computer?
Computers can be described as all of the following:
Types of computers
- Mainframe computer –
- Midrange computer –
- Personal computer –
- Desktop computer –
- Microcomputer –
- Mobile computer and mobile device –
- Smartphone –
- Tablet computer –
- Laptop –
- Computer appliance –
- Information appliance –
Computer architecture
Computer architecture –
Computer components
- Motherboard –
- Processor –
- Graphics processor –
- RAM –
- ROM –
- Floppy disk –
- Hard drive –
- Input devices –
- Keyboard –
- Keyboard technology –
- Projection keyboard –
- Roll-up keyboard
- Virtual keyboard –
- Wireless keyboard –
- Mouse –
Computer performance
- Computer performance by orders of magnitude
Computing
- See: Outline of computing
Computer science
- See: Outline of computer science
History of computers
History of computing hardware
- Analog computers
- History of computer components
- Punched cards
- History of general purpose CPUs
- History of the floppy disk
- History of personal computers
Computers and culture
Computer industry
Computer manufacturing
- List of computer hardware manufacturers
- Hewlett-Packard
- Toshiba
- Dell
- Apple
- Acer
- Asus
Computer engineering
- See: Outline of computer engineering
Software industry
- Personal computers
- Business computers
- Internet
- Google
- Facebook
- Yahoo!
- AOL
- eBay
- PayPal
Software development
Software development –
- List of software development philosophies
- Programming language
Software engineering
- See: Outline of software engineering
Computer organizations
Computer publications
Computer magazines –
See List of computer magazines
Online –
- CNET
- Wired.com
- Huffington Post
- News Corp
Persons influential in computers
- List of pioneers in computer science
- Charles Babbage
- Alan Turing
- Grace Hopper
- Thomas J. Watson
- Thomas Watson, Jr.
- Bill Gates
- Paul Allen
- Steve Jobs
- Steve Wozniak
- Robert Noyce
- Andrew Grove
- Linus Torvalds
See also
- Outline of computer engineering
- Outline of computer programming
- Outline of computer science
- Outline of computer security
- Outline of computer vision
- Outline of computing
References
External links
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