Topic Outline
APPLICATIONS
Agriculture
Aircraft Flight Control
Aircraft Traffic Management
Airline Reservations
Architecture
Art
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
Chess Playing
Computerized Manufacturing
Data Mining
Data Processing
Data Warehousing
Decision Support Systems
Desktop Publishing
Digital Images
Digital Libraries
Distance Learning
Document Processing
Economic Modeling
Educational Software
Electronic Campus
Electronic Markets
Expert Systems
Fashion Design
Film and Video Editing
Games
Geographic Information Systems
Home Entertainment
Home System Software
Image Analysis: Medicine
Information Retrieval
Information Systems
Integrated Software
Journalism
Legal Systems
Library Applications
Mathematics
Medical Systems
Molecular Biology
Music
Music Composition
Music, Computer
Navigation
Office Automation Systems
Optical Technology
Pattern Recognition
Photography
Physics
Political Applications
Process Control
Project Management
Railroad Applications
Robotics
Security
Security Applications
Simulators
Space Travel and Exploration
Speech Recognition
System Analysis
Systems Design
Technology of Desktop Publishing
Telephony
Virtual Private Network
Weather Forecasting
World Wide Web
BUSINESS
Accounting Software
ATM Machines
Chip Manufacturing
Computer Professional
Computer Supported Cooperative Work(CSCW)
Computerized Manufacturing
Credit Online
Data Mining
Data Processing
Data Warehousing
Database Management Software
Decision Support Systems
Document Processing
E-banking
E-commerce
E-commerce: Economic and Social Aspects
Economic Modeling
Electronic Markets
Office Automation Systems
Process Control
Productivity Software
Project Management
Spreadsheets
SQL
SQL: Databases
Word Processors
CODES
Binary Number System
Codes
Coding Techniques
Cryptography
Information Theory
COMPUTING TECHNIQUES
Analog Computing
Digital Computing
Digital Logic Design
CORPORATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Apple Computer, Inc.
Association for Computing Machinery
Bell Labs
Census Bureau
IBM Corporation
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Intel Corporation
Microsoft Corporation
Minitel
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Xerox Corporation
DECISION SUPPORT
Artificial Intelligence
Decision Support Systems
Expert Systems
Knowledge-Based Systems
EDUCATION
Computer Assisted Instruction
Digital Libraries
Distance Learning
E-books
E-journals and E-publishing
E-mail
Educational Software
Electronic Campus
Virtual Reality in Education
ENTERTAINMENT
Animation
Chess Playing
Computer Vision
Fiction, Computers in
Film and Video Editing
Game Controllers
Games
Home Entertainment
Home System Software
Hypermedia and Multimedia
Music
Music Composition
Music, Computer
Photography
FILM, VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Animation
Digital Images
Film and Video Editing
Hypermedia and Multimedia
JPEG, MPEG
Photography
GOVERNMENT
Census Bureau
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986
Copyright
Government Funding, Research
Information Technology Standards
Minitel
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Patents
Political Applications
Privacy
HARDWARE, COMPUTERS
Analytical Engine
Cache Memory
CAD/CAM, CA Engineering
Central Processing Unit
Chip Manufacturing
Computer System Interfaces
Digital Logic Design
Integrated Circuits
Mainframes
Memory
Memory Devices
Microchip
Microcomputers
Minicomputers
Storage Devices
Supercomputers
Tabulating Machines
Vacuum Tubes
Virtual Memory
HARDWARE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bandwidth
Bridging Devices
Cache Memory
Cell Phones
Cellular Technology
Communication Devices
Fiber Optics
Firewalls
Information Technology Standards
Laser Technology
Networks
Optical Technology
Telecommunications
Telephony
Transmission Media
Wireless Technology
HISTORY, COMPUTERS
Analytical Engine
Babbage, Charles
Early Computers
Early Pioneers
Generations, Computers
Hollerith, Herman
Internet
Jacquard's Loom
Mainframes
Microchip
Microcomputers
Minicomputers
Pascal, Blaise
Supercomputers
Tabulating Machines
Turing Machine
Vacuum Tubes
Virtual Memory
HISTORY, LANGUAGES
Algol-60 Report
Assembly Language and Architecture
Compilers
Generations, Languages
Java Applets
JavaScript
LISP
Logo
Markup Languages
Object-Oriented Languages
Procedural Languages
Programming
SQL
SQL: Databases
Visual Basic
HUMAN INTERACTION
Computer System Interfaces
Human Factors: User Interfaces
Hypertext
Integrated Software
Interactive Systems
Speech Recognition
User Interfaces
Window Interfaces
INFORMATION RELATED TOPICS
Information Access
Information Overload
Information Retrieval
Information Systems
Information Theory
Library Applications
Search Engines
System Analysis
Systems Design
INNOVATION
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Life
Data Mining
Data Visualization
Data Warehousing
Desktop Publishing
Digital Images
Digital Libraries
Embedded Technology (Ubiquitous Computing)
Fiber Optics
Global Positioning Systems
Laser Technology
Mobile Computing
Molecular Computing
Nanocomputing
Optical Character Recognition
Optical Technology
Pattern Recognition
Personal Digital Assistants
Robotics
Robots
Satellite Technology
Scientific Visualization
INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES
Display Devices
Game Controllers
Graphic Devices
Input Devices
Keyboard
Magnetic Stripe Cards
Mouse
Pointing Devices
Printing Devices
Reading Tools
Sound Devices
Touch Screens
Video Devices
Word Processors
INTERNET
Authentication
Browsers
Credit Online
Cybercafe
E-banking
E-commerce
E-commerce: Economic and Social Aspects
E-journals and E-publishing
E-mail
Electronic Markets
Entrepreneurs
Internet
Internet: Applications
Internet: Backbone
Internet: History
Intranet
Search Engines
Virtual Private Network
Wireless Technology
World Wide Web
LIBRARIES
Digital Libraries
Distance Learning
E-books
E-journals and E-publishing
E-mail
Electronic Campus
Library Applications
MATHEMATICS
Binary Number System
Boolean Algebra
Codes
Coding Techniques
Cryptography
Information Theory
MEDICINE
Artificial Life
Biology
Cybernetics
Digital Images
Image Analysis: Medicine
Knowledge-Based Systems
Laser Technology
Medical Systems
Molecular Biology
Molecular Computing
Neural Networks
Pattern Recognition
Scientific Visualization
MUSIC
JPEG, MPEG
Music
Music Composition
Music, Computer
Sound Devices
NETWORKS
Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
ATM Transmission
Bandwidth
Boolean Algebra
Bridging Devices
Communication Devices
Embedded Technology (Ubiquitous Computing)
Fiber Optics
Firewalls
FTP
Global Positioning Systems
Information Technology Standards
Information Theory
Intranet
Network Design
Network Protocols
Network Topologies
Networks
Routing
Satellite Technology
Security
Security Applications
Security Hardware
Security Software
Serial and Parallel Transmission
Service Providers
TCP/IP
Telecommunications
Telephony
Telnet
Transmission Media
Virtual Private Network
Wireless Technology
PEOPLE
Amdahl, Gene Myron
Asimov, Isaac
Babbage, Charles
Bardeen, John (See entry: Bardeen, John, Brattain, Walter H., and Shockley, William B.)
Bell, Alexander Graham
Boole, George
Brattain, Walter H. (See entry: Bardeen, John, Brattain, Walter H., and Shockley, William B.)
Computer Professional
Computer Scientists
Cormack, Allan (See entry: Cormack, Allan, and Hounsfield, Godfrey Newbold)
Cray, Seymour
Eckert, J. Presper, Jr. (See entry: Eckert, J. Presper, Jr., and Mauchly, John W.)
Early Pioneers
Entrepreneurs
Feynman, Richard P.
Glushkov, Victor M.
Gross, Alfred J.
Hewlett, William
Hollerith, Herman
Hopper, Grace
Hounsfield, Godfrey Newbold (See entry: Cormack, Allan, and Hounsfield, Godfrey Newbold)
Kemeny, John G.
Lovelace, Ada Byron King, Countess of
Marconi, Guglielmo
Mauchly, John W. (See entry: Eckert, J. Presper, Jr., and Mauchly, John W.)
Morse, Samuel
Newell, Allen
Nyquist, Harry
Organick, Elliot
Pascal, Blaise
Péter, Rózsa
Shannon, Claude E.
Shockley, William B. (See entry: Bardeen, John, Brattain, Walter H., and Shockley, William B.)
Simon, Herbert A.
Turing, Alan M.
Wang, An
Watson, Thomas J., Sr.
von Neumann, John
Zuse, Konrad
PRECURSORS TO COMPUTERS
Abacus
Jacquard's Loom
Napier's Bones
Slide Rule
PROGRAMMING
Algorithms
Binary Number System
Boolean Algebra
Design Tools
Procedural Languages
Programming
PUBLISHING
Desktop Publishing
Hypertext
Markup Languages
Technology of Desktop Publishing
SECURITY
Authentication
Cookies
Digital Signatures
Firewalls
Global Surveillance
Hackers
Hacking
Invasive Programs
Privacy
Security
Security Applications
Security Hardware
Security Software
Social Impact
Software Piracy
Urban Myths
Virtual Private Network
Viruses
SOCIAL ISSUES
Assistive Computer Technology for Persons with Disabilities
Authentication
Censorship: National, International
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986
Computer Professional
Compatibility (Open Systems Design)
Computer Scientists
Cookies
Copyright
Credit Online
Cybercafe
Digital Libraries
Digital Signatures
Distance Learning
E-banking
E-books
E-commerce
E-commerce: Economic and Social Aspects
E-journals and E-publishing
E-mail
Electronic Campus
Electronic Markets
Entrepreneurs
Ergonomics
Ethics
Fiction, Computers in
Global Surveillance
Government Funding, Research
Home Entertainment
Information Access
Information Overload
Journalism
Library Applications
Medical Systems
Mobile Computing
Open Source
Patents
Personal Digital Assistants
Political Applications
Privacy
Service Providers
Social Impact
Software Piracy
Technology of Desktop Publishing
Telephony
Urban Myths
Virtual Private Network
Virtual Reality in Education
World Wide Web
SOFTWARE
Agents
Browsers
Compilers
Database Management Software
Geographic Information Systems
Human Factors: User Interfaces
Integrated Software
Office Automation Systems
Open Source
Operating Systems
Procedural Languages
Productivity Software
Search Engines
Simulation
Spreadsheets
User Interfaces
Window Interfaces
STUDY AREAS
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Life
Expert Systems
Information Theory
Molecular Computing
Nanocomputing
TECHNOLOGY, DEVICES
Abacus
Analytical Engine
ATM Machines
Bandwidth
Bridging Devices
Cache Memory
CAD/CAM, CA Engineering
Cell Phones
Cellular Technology
Central Processing Unit
Communication Devices
Computer System Interfaces
Display Devices
Game Controllers
Global Positioning Systems
Graphic Devices
Input Devices
Integrated Circuits
Jacquard's Loom
Keyboard
Magnetic Stripe Cards
Mainframes
Memory
Memory Devices
Microchip
Microcomputers
Minicomputers
Minitel
Mouse
Napier's Bones
Networks
Optical Technology
Personal Digital Assistants
Pointing Devices
Printing Devices
Reading Tools
Robots
Security Hardware
Simulators
Slide Rule
Sound Devices
Storage Devices
Supercomputers
Tabulating Machines
Telecommunications
Touch Screens
Transistors
Transmission Media
Turing Machine
Vacuum Tubes
Video Devices
Virtual Memory
Wireless Technology
Word Processors
TECHNOLOGY, TECHNIQUES
Agents
Analog Computing
Animation
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Life
Assembly Language and Architecture
Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
ATM Transmission
Authentication
Binary Number System
Boolean Algebra
Browsers
CAD/CAM, CA Engineering
Cellular Technology
Chip Manufacturing
Client/Server Technology
Codes
Coding Techniques
Compatibility (Open Systems Design)
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Computerized Manufacturing
Cookies
Cryptography
Cybernetics
Data Mining
Data Visualization
Data Warehousing
Design Tools
Digital Computing
Digital Images
Digital Logic Design
Digital Signatures
E-banking
Embedded Technology (Ubiquitous Computing)
Ergonomics
Expert Systems
Fiber Optics
Firewalls
FTP
Games
Global Positioning Systems
Guru
Hackers
Hacking
Human Factors: User Interfaces
Hypermedia and Multimedia
Hypertext
Image Analysis: Medicine
Information Technology Standards
Information Theory
Interactive Systems
Invasive Programs
JPEG, MPEG
Knowledge-Based Systems
Laser Technology
Magnetic Stripe Cards
Mobile Computing
Molecular Computing
Nanocomputing
Network Design
Network Protocols
Network Topologies
Neural Networks
Operating Systems
Optical Technology
Parallel Processing
Pattern Recognition
Process Control
Routing
Satellite Technology
Scientific Visualization
Search Engines
Security
Security Applications
Security Software
Serial and Parallel Transmission
Simulation
TCP/IP
Telnet
Transmission Media
User Interfaces
Virtual Private Network
Virtual Reality
Viruses
Weather Forecasting
Window Interfaces
Wireless Technology
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS
Bardeen, John (See entry: Bardeen, John, Brattain, Walter H., and Shockley, William B.)
Bell, Alexander Graham
Bell Labs
Brattain, Walter H. (See entry: Bardeen, John, Brattain, Walter H., and Shockley, William B.)
Gross, Alfred J.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Marconi, Guglielmo
Morse, Samuel
Nyquist, Harry
Shannon, Claude E.
Shockley, William B. (See entry: Bardeen, John, Brattain, Walter H., and Shockley, William B.)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES
Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
ATM Transmission
Authentication
Bandwidth
Bridging Devices
Cell Phones
Cellular Technology
Coding Techniques
Communication Devices
Cookies
Cryptography
Digital Libraries
Digital Signatures
Distance Learning
Electronic Campus
Electronic Markets
Embedded Technology (Ubiquitous Computing)
Fiber Optics
Firewalls
FTP
Global Positioning Systems
Information Technology Standards
Information Theory
Internet
Internet: Applications
Internet: Backbone
Internet: History
Intranet
Mobile Computing
Network Design
Network Protocols
Network Topologies
Networks
Optical Technology
Routing
Satellite Technology
Security
Serial and Parallel Transmission
Service Providers
Supercomputers
TCP/IP
Telecommunications
Telephony
Telnet
Transistors
Transmission Media
Virtual Private Network
Wireless Technology
World Wide Web
