Computing News

This very large section deals with all aspects of hardware and software, and only a subset of the full set of comp newsgroups. (This list administered by www-request@info.cern.ch.)

See also: other subjects, Other infomation on computing , other newsgroups ,

This is only a subset. See also full list of comp newsgroups .

Artificial Intelligence
comp.ai.edu comp.ai. comp.ai.nlang-know-rep comp.ai.philosophy , comp.ai.shells , comp.ai.vision , comp.ai, comp.ai.jair.announce, comp.ai.jair.papers
Architectures
comp.arch
Archives
comp.archives and archive administrartion (. admin )
Benchmarks
comp.benchmarks
Binaries
Comp.binaries subgroups are: amiga , apple2 , atari.st , ibm.pc.d , ibm.pc , mac , os2 ,
Bugs
comp.bugs subgroups: 2bsd , 4bsd.ucb-fixes , 4bsd , misc , sys5 ,
Cognitive engineering
comp.cog-eng
Compilers
comp.compilers
Databases
comp.databases
Data Communications
Comp.dcom subgroups on: fax , lans.hyperchannel , lans.v2lni , lans , modems , sys.cisco , telecom , techreports
Documentation
comp.doc - see also text .
DSP
comp.dsp
Editors
comp.editors
Education
comp.edu.composition , comp.edu
Emacs
comp.emacs 0008947 0008811 y
Fonts
comp.fonts 0001687 0001587 y
Graphics
comp.graphics.digest , comp.graphics.visualization , comp.graphics
Groupware
comp.groupware
Hypertext
See hypertext on hypertext and alt.hypertext .
Information systems
comp.infosystems , subgroups on GIS , Gopher , WAIS , and WWW
I videodisk
comp.ivideodisc
Languages
Comp.lang groups on: ada apl asm c++ , c , clos clu eiffel forth mac forth fortran functional icon comp.lang.idl-pvwave idl lisp.franz lisp.x lisp misc modula2 modula3 objective-c pascal , perl , postscript , prolog , rexx , scheme.c , scheme , sigplan , smalltalk , vhdl , visual. See also: programming.
Laser printers
comp.laser-printers
LSI
comp.lsi.cad , comp.lsi
Mail
elm , headers , mh , misc , multi-media , mush , sendmail , uucp
Miscellaneous
comp.misc
Multimedia
comp.multimedia
Music
comp.music
New products
comp.newprod
Objects
comp.object
Organizations:
These newsgroups (comp.org.xxx) are for specific organisations: decus , eff.news , eff.talk , fidonet , ieee , sug , uniforum , roomshare , usenix
Operating Systems
Newsgroups compo.os.xxx on operating systems exist on: aos , amethyst , cpm , eunice , mach , minix , misc , msdos.apps , msdos.misc , msdos.programmer , on os2 ( apps , misc , programmer) , os9 , research , rsts , v , vms , xinu
Parallel systems
comp.parallel
Peripherals
comp.periphs.printers , comp.periphs.scsi , comp.periphs see also terminals , laser printers
Programming
Programming and Litterate Programming
Protocols
appletalk , ibm , iso.dev-environ , iso.x400.gateway , iso.x400 , iso , kerberos , kermit , misc , nfs , pcnet , pup , tcp-ip.domains , tcp-ip.ibmpc , tcp-ip , time.ntp
Real time
comp.realtime
Research in Japan
comp.research.japan
Risks
comp.risks
Robotics
comp.robotics
Security
security.announce -- see also viruses .
Simulation
comp.simulation
Society
comp.society.futures , comp.society.women , comp.society see also: risks .
Software systems
andrew . See also unix and window groups.
Software engineering
comp.software-eng . Also see STING .
Sources
Source code. comp.sources and its subgroups: amiga apple2 atari.st bugs d bugs games mac misc sun unix wanted x
Specification
comp.specification, comp.specification.z
Standards
comp.std.xxx groups about standards include: c++ , c , internat , misc , mumps , unix . See also comp.text.sgml
Software components
comp.sw.components
Systems
Groups on specific vendors' systems:- 3b1 , acorn , alliant , the Amiga ( advocacy , announce , applications , audio , datacomm , emulations , games , graphics , hardware , introduction , marketplace , misc , multimedia , programmer , reviews , tech ), apollo , apple2 , Atari ( 8bit , st.tech , st ), att , cbm , cdc , celerity , concurrent , dec.micro , dec , encore , handhelds , hp applications, hardware, hpux, misc, , IBM-PC ( digest , hardware , misc , rt , ps2.hardware ), intel.ipsc3 , intel , isis , laptops , m6809 , m68k.pc , m68k , m88k , Macintosh ( announce , apps , comm , digest , games , hardware , hypercard , misc , programmer , system , wanted ), mips , misc , ncr , NeXT ( announce , misc , programmer and sysadmin) , northstar , novell , nsc.32k , proteon , pyramid , ridge , sequent , sgi , sun , super , tahoe , tandy , ti.explorer , ti , transputer , workstations , xerox , zenith.z , zenith
Terminals
bitgraph, tty See also peripherals .
Text
comp.text is the general group, with subgroups on desktop publishing, sgml , and tex . See also hypertext .
Theory
Comp.theory and its subgoups on: cell-automata dynamic-sys , info-retrieval , self-org-sys , comp.theory
Unix
comp.unix subroups: admin , aix , amiga , aux , cray , internals , large , misc , msdos , programmer , questions , shell , sysv286 , sysv386 , ultrix , wizards , xenix ( misc , sco)
Virus
comp.virus
Windows
Groups comp.windows.xxx on windowing systems are: misc , ms.programmer , ms , news , open-look , x.announce , x.motif , x. See also andrew