Computing

This very large section deals with all aspects of hardware and software. (I have only got some of the way through formatting this list in my "spare time". If you find there are groups which are missing from this list, mail me.) See also: other subjects, other newsgroups, 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
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
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
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
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
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 , 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