Timeline of computing (1348 bytes)
1: {{history of computing}}
2: ...verall developments, see the related [[History of computing]].
4: ...uting timeline 1980-1989|1980-1989]], [[Computing timeline 1990-forward|1990-present]]
7: ...d version of his timeline, used with [[History of computing/Permission|permission]].
8: ...aphing Project'' tries to build a graphical image of computer history, in particular [[operating syste...

Timeline of quantum computing (5353 bytes)
1: '''[[Timeline]] of [[quantum computer]]s'''
3: ... n qubits cannot carry more than n classical bits of information.
5: ...ntum information theory which is a generalization of Shannon's theory.
7: ...lk he gave at the First Conference on the Physics of Computation at [[MIT]]. He pointed out that it w...
9: ...985]]''' - [[David Deutsch]], at the [[University of Oxford]], described the first [[universal quantum...

Timeline of computing 1990-forward (26561 bytes)
1: {{History of computing}}
3: ...verall developments, see the related [[History of computing]].
5: ...uting timeline 1950-1979|1950-1979]], [[Computing timeline 1980-1989|1980-1989]], '''1990-present'''
13: Consortium of major [[SVGA]] card manufactures (called [[Video ...
17: ...acintosh IIfx released. Based on a 40 MHz version of the 68030 it achieved 10 [[million instructions p...

Timeline of computing 1980-1989 (29281 bytes)
1: {{History of computing}}
2: ...verall developments, see the related [[History of computing]].
4: ...50-1979|1950-1979]], '''1980-1989''', [[Computing timeline 1990-forward|1990-present]]
12: "DOS addresses only 1 Megabyte of RAM because we cannot imagine any
13: ...ions needing more." Microsoft on the development of DOS.

Timeline of computing 1950-1979 (29968 bytes)
1: {{History of computing}}
2: ...verall developments, see the related [[history of computing]].
4: ...uting timeline 1980-1989|1980-1989]], [[Computing timeline 1990-forward|1990-present]]
16: ...per explored the nature and potential development of human and computer intelligence and communication...
22: ...vered the first UNIVAC machine to the U.S. Bureau of Census. This machine used magnetic tape for input...

Timeline of computing 750 BC-1949 (29443 bytes)
1: {{history of computing}}
2: ...verall developments, see the related [[history of computing]].
4: ...uting timeline 1980-1989|1980-1989]], [[Computing timeline 1990-forward|1990-present]]
14: ...nd was capable of tracking the relative positions of the [[Earth]], [[Moon]] and [[Sun]].
16: ...nterpreted as a [[mechanical calculator]] capable of [[addition]] and [[subtraction]]. A working model...

Computing (5460 bytes)
1: ... it has come to also mean the operation and usage of these machines, the electrical processes carried ...
5: * [[Theory of computation]]
14: * [[History of computing hardware]]
16: ...ormance at the instruction level. Various methods of speeding up the fetch-execute cycle include:
22: ==[[Computer software|Software]]==

Su (computing) (1058 bytes)
3: ...rmissions for administrative work without logging off and back on. Desktop environments such as [[KDE]...

8.3 (computing) (3270 bytes)
1: ...ed by a ".", followed by a filename [[extension]] of at most three characters. File and [[directory]] ...
3: ...he FAT directory format was extended when [[Microsoft]] introduced [[Windows 95]] and [[Windows NT]] 3...
8: ...OS, except in the root directory, for the purpose of naming the disk volume. Their presence does not p...
13: ...he 8.3 name will be a converted uppercase version of it (eg. "TextFile.Txt" and "TEXTFILE.TXT")
14: ...he last dot in file name, uppercased and stripped of invalid characters) in order to create a unique 8...

First class (computing) (1551 bytes)
3: ... However, the fact that the person is an employee of that company is not, nor is data ''about'' that r...
5: ... of a given type (e.g. a table of people, a table of companies). It will also contain other tables rep...
7: ... to say, unique for objects of this type; objects of different types, represented in different tables,...
9: ...rdered [[tuple]] consisting of unique identifiers of the first class items involved in the relationshi...

Focus (computing) (958 bytes)
1: ...n [[computing]], the '''focus''' is the component of the [[graphical user interface]] which is current...
5: ...nto the component, it will appear at the position of the text-cursor, which will also normally be move...

Entropy (computing) (1062 bytes)
1: ...consulting a record, discovering the [[identity]] of [[person]]s sending or receiving [[information]].
7: ....stop1984.com/en/home.html English version of the official ENTROPY web site, The]
8: ...4.com/en/intro.html Entropy "Introduction" on the official web site]

Loader (computing) (686 bytes)
1: ...ng [[executable]] program for action (in the form of a memory image), without necessarily saving the p...
3: ...plications. One such program was an integral part of [[Gene Amdahl]]'s original [[OS/360]] [[operating...
5: [[Category:System software]]

Echo (computing) (289 bytes)

Patch (computing) (8076 bytes)
1: ...raphics to improving the usability or performance of a previous version. The term probably originates ...
4: ...ches usually circulate in binary form. This type of patch modifies the program executable -- the prog...
6: ... files. These types of patches commonly come out of [[open source]] projects. In these cases, develo...
8: ...or as "software updates". [[Microsoft Windows]] software uses the "service pack" terminology.
10: ...utomatically, mostly to obfuscate the [[protocol (computing)|protocol]] for blocking third-party products. Fo...

Widget (computing) (2032 bytes)
1: ...s that can be pressed with a finger. Widgets are often packaged together in [[widget toolkit]]s. Prog...
4: * [[button (computing)|button]]
6: * [[radio button (computing)|radio button]]
8: * [[icon (computing)|icon]]
14: * [[menu (computing)|menu]]

Affective computing (394 bytes)
1: '''Affective computing''' is computing which involves [[emotion]].
3: ...l device recognizing and acting upon the emotions of its user.
5: ...nal device having (or simulating having) emotions of its own.
7: Affective computing derives its name from the word [[affect]].
9: [[Category:Computing]]

Fresco (computing) (280 bytes)
1: In [[computing]], '''Fresco''' (formerly known as '''Berlin''') ...

Assertion (computing) (3524 bytes)
1: ...g|bug]]s. To assist with this, the implementation of assertions in many languages will provide informa...
3: ...ed to verify that the assumptions made by a piece of code are actually valid when the code executes; t...
5: For example, following the dynamic allocation of memory in a programming language such as [[C prog...
7: ...ould be placed at the <code>default</code> clause of the <code>switch</code> statement in languages su...
9: ...ption the runtime engine like the virtual machine of [[Java programming language|Java]].

Mask (computing) (1415 bytes)
3: ...1 AND 1 = 1, with 0 otherwise, we find the status of the fifth bit, since
10: ...hich bits of the address indicate the subdivision of the network the computer is on and which identify...

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