Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing

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Contents 1 Scope 2 Descendant Wikiprojects 3 Related Wikiprojects 4 Participants 5 Structure 5.1 Pseudocode 6 Hierarchy definition 7 Goals 8 General strategy and discussion forums 9 Infoboxes 10 Templates 11 Pages needing attention

Scope

This WikiProject aims to organise, expand and improve all Wikipedia's articles on areas or subjects relating to computing technology. We have a very broad scope, so we hope to collaborate and communicate with other Wikiprojects that overlap our domain (for instance Wikipedia:WikiProject Cryptography).

Initial interests are to help with achieving consensus on articles.

See Controversial articles and its Related changes page[1] to check on recent updates to controversial pages. Please watch and use its talk page to get notified of any articles which need peer review. Needs expansion to include any page which has been involved in an edit war.

Descendant Wikiprojects

The descendant WikiProjects are:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Network Protocols
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Programming Languages
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Early computers
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Websites

Related Wikiprojects

• WikiProject Macintosh
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer Science

Participants

• —Noldoaran (Talk)
• Wapcaplet
• Taku
• DCoetzee, Main interests: algorithms, data structures, programming languages, compilers
• CGS
• Jaredwf
• wrp103 (Bill Pringle) - Talk
• Flashmob
• MathMartin, Main interest: theoretical computer science
• rvalles (Amiga, C64, games and demoscene from the good old days, Free Software)
• BACbKA
• Togo Future Computing: Parallel Multiprocessing Object Engines
• Noel (talk) History of computers, systems architecture, networking
• Ta bu shi da yu 07:43, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
• Taku 18:03, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
• Antaeus Feldspar 18:27, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
• Andre (talk)
• Babomb
• BenM
• ZeWrestler
• Somebody in the WWW (talk)
• Charles Stewart. Interests theoretical computer science, programming language design, implementation and semantics;
• Uh, I have a degree in computer engineering and I'm going for my PhD, so I know a bit about everything. Right now, I'm being paid by The Man to work on BlueGene →Raul654 09:38, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)
• VirtuousCircle 18:14, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC) Interests: project management, structured development methods, package implementation, anything else
• JustinWick 21:43, May 8, 2005 (UTC) Interests: Algorithms, data structures, numerical methods, computational physics, nonlinear optimization, robotic control, DSP. B.S. in Applied Physics from Cornell University with minor in C.S.
• Kail Ceannai 19:24, 2005 May 9 (UTC)
• Quarl ^(talk)
• Doug Bell, Main interests: games (esp. from the 80s and 90s), algorithms, data structures, programming languages (esp. Java), and optimizations
• Pegasus1138
• ~Linuxerist L / T

Structure

Discuss the format for each article based on the WikiProject. Include various categories applicable to the topic.

Initial thoughts:

1. History of computing
2. Programming
3. Networking
4. Server technology
5. Databases
6. Hardware
7. Computer security

Pseudocode

A while ago, on Talk: Binary tree, dze27 said, "[P]erhaps we need some sort of consistent pseudo-language for specifying pseudocode."

I agree with this sentiment, and I have constructed a proposal for a standard pseudocode I call Wikicode. I'd like to invite everyone to help improve this proposal before it is finalized and put into use.

The Wikicode proposal

Derrick Coetzee 16:29, 5 May 2004 (UTC)

The Wikicode standard is now being put into effect! The proposal has moved, and you can visit its (currently incomplete) user's guide at Wikipedia: Wikicode. Derrick Coetzee 16:52, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I agree that all procedural code examples should be written in one language, for consistency's sake. (Of course if the intent is to demonstrate a particular language, all bets are off.) I'm okay with Wikicode -- I don't really care what is used; I just think it should be consistent.

Other possibilities that pop to mind are C, due to its current popularity; and pascal, which actually was created as a rather formalized pseudocode.

Hierarchy definition

No classification of XXX has been defined.

OR

XXX can be classified into ...

See this example on dividing a topic into a hierarchy.

See also: List of computing topics

Goals

Our goal is to produce detailed, well written and NPOV articles on all topics related to computers. This is a vast undertaking, so here are a few suggestions for categorising our efforts (this is evolving).

(Tentative suggestions)

1. History of computing
   1. Mac OS history
   2. History of Microsoft Windows
2. Computer programming
   1. Basic concepts
   2. History of programming
   3. Types of languages
      1. Procedural programming
      2. Functional programming
      3. Object-oriented programming
   4. Algorithms
3. Computer networking
   1. Basic concepts
      1. OSI model
   2. History of computer networking
   3. Network topologies
   4. Physical layer
      1. Cable
      2. Wifi
      3. Fiber-optic
   5. Data link layer
      1. IEEE 802.2
      2. IEEE 802.3
      3. IEEE 802.5
   6. Network layer
      1. IP
      2. IPX
      3. Routing protocols
   7. Transport layer
      1. TCP
      2. UDP
   8. Session layer
      1. something or other
   9. Presentation layer
      1. GIF
      2. ASCII
      3. EBCDIC
      4. Unicode
      5. etc
   10. Application layer
       1. HTTP
       2. FTP
       3. LDAP
       4. etc
4. Operating systems
   1. Historical
      1. CTSS
      2. OS/360
      3. Multics
      4. CP/M
      5. VMS
   2. Unix and Unix-alike
      1. AIX
      2. Linux
      3. Solaris
   3. Mac OS and Mac OS X
      1. System 6
      2. System 7
      3. Mac OS 8
      4. Mac OS 9
      5. Mac OS X v10.4
   4. Microsoft Windows
      1. Windows NT
      2. Windows 2000
      3. Windows XP
      4. Active Directory
      5. Domain Controller
      6. Windows Server 2003
5. Hardware
   1. Basic architecture (Von Neuman machine, etc)
      1. Primary storage
         1. hard disk
      2. Secondary storage
         1. floppy disk
         2. CD
            1. CD-ROM
            2. CD-R
            3. CD-RW
         3. DVD
            1. DVD-R
            2. DVD-RW
            3. DVD plus R
            4. DVD plus RW
         4. Tape drive
         5. Punch card
      3. Central processing unit
         1. CISC
            1. x86
            2. VAX
            3. PDP-11
            4. Motorola 68000
         2. RISC
            1. DEC Alpha
            2. SPARC
            3. MIPS
            4. PowerPC
      4. Input/output
   2. Computing architectures and platforms
      1. Form factors
         1. ATX
         2. AT
         3. Baby-AT
      2. Architectures
         1. SISD
         2. SIMD
         3. MISD
         4. MIMD
            1. Cellular architecture
            2. Grid computing
   3. RAM
      1. Static
      2. Non-volatile
      3. Dynamic
         1. Fast Page Mode DRAM
         2. EDO RAM
         3. SDRAM
            1. DDR SDRAM
            2. RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)
   4. ROM
      1. EEPROM
      2. BIOS
   5. Buses
      1. ISA
      2. EISA
      3. MCA
      4. ATA
      5. VLB
      6. PCI
      7. USB
      8. AGP
      9. PC card
      10. SCSI
   6. Peripherals
      1. Input devices
         1. keyboard
         2. mouse
         3. scanner
      2. Output devices
         1. monitor
         2. printer
         3. sound card
      3. Computer networking devices
         1. Modem
         2. Network card
         3. Cable modem
         4. router
         5. Ethernet hub
         6. network switch
6. Computer security

General strategy and discussion forums

• /General
• /Strategy
• /Category structure

Infoboxes

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Templates

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Pages needing attention

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