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Spotlight
Rodent Mind Meld: Scientists Wire Two Rats’ Brains Together (Greg Miller, Wired)
One rat brain ‘talks’ to another using electronic link (Jen Whyntie BBC Radio Science Unit)
Resources
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General
Portal
CompInfo – The Computer Information Center
Computer Science: A Guide to Web Resources (U. of Albany, SUNY)
Dictionary
computer : one that computes; specifically : a programmable usually electronic device that can store, retrieve, and process data — Webster
Computer Dictionaries Directory (CompInfo – The Computer Information Center), FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing
Oxford, OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary, InfoPlease, Word Reference, Urban Dictionary
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Encyclopedia
Computer is a general purpose device which can be programmed to carry out a finite set of arithmetic or logical operations. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than one kind of problem. — Wikipedia
David Darling’s Internet Encyclopedia of Science, Britannica, Columbia (Infoplease)
Introduction
Introduction to computers (Microsoft)
Outline
Outline of Computer Science (Wikipedia)
Directory
DMOZ Open Directory Project (AOL)
Search
Preservation
Check out Cosma’s sister site for a lot more information on this!
NEW Computer Museum
History
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Museum
List of Computer Museums (Wikipedia)
Library
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
Bibliography
Computer Bibliography (CompInfo – The Computer Information Center)
Participation
Education
Course
Introduction to Computer Science I (David J. Malan, Harvard)
MIT OCW Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Open Education Consortium
Community
Occupation
Computer and Information Scientist (US Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Organization
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Event
Conference Alerts Worldwide (Conal)
Forum
Blog
News
Important Publications in CS (Wikipedia)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
EurekAlert (AAAS), Scientific American, Science News
CNET: The Computer Network, Computer World, Computer User
Book
Government
Document
Expression
Fun
Arts
Poem
OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form
Future
The Future of Computing (Special Edition, Science Times, The New York Times)
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Association for Computing Machinery, Computer Systems
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EurekAlert, technology and computer science (AAAS)
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Scientific American
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