Comp.* hierarchy

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The comp.* hierarchy is a major class of newsgroups in Usenet, containing all newsgroups whose name begins with "comp.", organized hierarchically.

comp.* groups discuss various computer, technology, and programming issues. Some groups can even offer peer-to-peer techincal support.

List of comp.* groups

Newsgroup	Topic
comp.ai	artificial intelligence
comp.dcom.telecom	telecommunications systems
comp.graphics.apps.photoshop	Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and In Design.
comp.graphics.api.opengl	OpenGL
comp.lang.asm.x86	assembly language for x86-based computer systems.
comp.lang.c	C programming language
comp.lang.c++	C++ programming language
comp.lang.java.help	Java programming language help
comp.lang.perl.misc	Perl programming language
comp.os.linux.misc	Linux operating system
comp.os.minix	Minix operating system
comp.programming	Miscellaneous discussion of programming
comp.robotics.misc	All aspects of robots and their applications
comp.robotics.research	Academic, government and industry research in robotics
comp.software-eng	software engineering
comp.soft-sys.matlab	MathWorks calculation and visualization package
comp.sources.d	any computer sources
comp.sources.wanted	Requests for software and bug fixes
comp.theory	Theoretical computer science
comp.theory.cell-automata	celluar automata
comp.theory.self-org-sys	Self-organization systems
comp.theory.dynamic-sys	Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems
comp.theory.info-retrieval	Information Retrieval
comp.windows.x	X window graphic user interface (GUI)
comp.windows.x.kde	KDE desktop environment

Comp.* hierarchy

List of comp.* groups

See also