computing

Computing articles and links

Articles & Sections

Hardware

• Asus K7M
• Mini-ITX: new ultra-small, low-power system board standard
• Hacks
  • Analog to Digital Converter with 16 bits and 448000 Samples per second by hacking a Bt878A TV Tuner
  • Build a WiFi biquad dish antenna: dramatically extend the range of wireless networking using repurposed satellite dishes

Software

• Applications
  • Artificial Intelligence
    • Cyc
  • Credit Card Processing (see also Services)
    • PTC
  • Database (Clients)
    • FormTool
    • Microsoft Access
  • Email Clients
    • Evolution
    • Mutt
  • Financial
    • KMyMoney
  • Internet (clients)
    • Azureus: torrent peer
    • X-Chat: IRC client
• Dangers of
  • An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents (see also Wikipedia
  • History's Worst Software Bugs
• Database Engines (Servers)
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
• Development
  • Application Development Frameworks
    • Catalyst (developers' area)
    • Ruby on Rails
  • Languages
    • Perl
    • Python
• Emulators
• Formats
  • RealAudio
• Genealogy uses a lot of software
• Internet
  • Services
    • IRC
  • Web Software
    • phpMyAdmin
    • MediaWiki
• Ideas
  • Subwikis
• Newish Developments
  • Morfik: "web applications unplugged"
• Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Windows 98
  • Compatibility Layers: see Emulators
  • Components
    • Enlightenment (aka E)
    • KDE
    • Sane-net
  • Discussion
    • FreeDesktop Wiki: discussion of open-source X-Window System Desktops
  • Special-Purpose
    • m0n0wall: network firewall/router on a LiveCD
• Terminology
  • open format