Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating algorithmic processes—e.g. through computers. Computing includes designing, developing and building hardware and software systems; processing, structuring, and managing various kinds of information; doing scientific research on and with computers; making computer systems behave intelligently; and creating and using communications and entertainment media. The field of computing includes computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, information systems, and information technology.

Definitions

The ACM Computing Curricula 2005 defined "computing" as follows:

and it defines five sub-disciplines of the computing field: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, and Software Engineering.

However, Computing Curricula 2005 also recognizes that the meaning of "computing" depends on the context:

The term "computing" has sometimes been narrowly defined, as in a 1989 ACM report on Computing as a Discipline:

Computing is a weekly newspaper/magazine published by Incisive Media for IT managers and professionals in the United Kingdom.

As of December 2006, Computing's circulation was verified by BPA Worldwide as 115,431.

History

Originally launched in 1973 as the official magazine of the British Computer Society and published by Haymarket Publishing, Computing is the longest continuously published magazine for IT professionals in the UK.

It is largely a controlled circulation publication, mailed without charge to members of the British Computer Society and other accredited workers in the field of computing. A small minority of issues are sold on newsstands, with the bulk of funding for production arising from advertising.

It was one of two magazines (the other being Accountancy Age) that were purchased in the 1970s by Dutch publisher VNU Business Media to launch their business in the UK. VNU Business Publications was acquired by Incisive Media in 2007.

Along with Computer Weekly (and formerly IT Week), Computing is the mainstay of the UK computer industry trade press. Historically, Computing was aimed at business-focused readers, with Computer Weekly catering for readers seeking more technical coverage. This distinction blurred and dissolved in the late 1980s, with IT Week filling the gap left in technology-focused business coverage from 1998, but in recent years Computing has once more pursued a business-oriented agenda since IT Week was bought by VNU Business Publications to create complementary publications.

Computing (Urdu: کمپیوٹنگ‎) is a monthly magazine, published in Pakistan in the Urdu language. The first issue was published February 25, 2007. From the first issue, Computing caught the attention of IT magazine-readers in Pakistan. As Computing is written in the local language, it has more potential to reach Pakistan's IT community than English IT magazines available in the country.

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