{{Multiple issues| {{Notability|1=Web|date=September 2024}} {{More references needed|date=October 2025}} }} {{DISPLAYTITLE:''comp.*'' hierarchy}} {{short description|Major class of newsgroups in Usenet}} The '''''comp.*'' hierarchy''' is a major class of newsgroups in Usenet, containing all newsgroups whose name begins with "''comp.''", organized hierarchically. It is one of the Big 8.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Big-8 Usenet hierarchies |url=https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Big-8_Usenet_hierarchies |access-date=2025-11-01 |website=Usenet Big-8 Management Board |language=en}}</ref>
comp.* groups discuss various computer, technology, and programming issues. Some groups can even offer peer-to-peer technical support.
==Partial list of comp.* groups== {| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" width="100%" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" |'''Newsgroup''' ||'''Topic''' |- | ''comp.ai'' || artificial intelligence |- | ''comp.arch'' || computer architecture |- |''comp.bbs'' |Bulletin board system system discussion and advertisement |- | ''comp.dcom.telecom'' || telecommunications systems |- | ''comp.dsp'' || Digital signal processing |- | ''comp.graphics.apps.photoshop'' || Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. |- | ''comp.graphics.api.opengl'' || OpenGL |- | ''comp.infosystems.gemini'' || Gemini space |- |comp.infosystems.gopher |Gopher protocol |- | ''comp.internet.services.wiki'' || Wikis |- | ''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.javascript'' || JavaScript programming language |- | ''comp.lang.perl.misc'' || Perl programming language |- | ''comp.lang.python'' || Python 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'' || cellular automata |- | ''comp.theory.self-org-sys'' || Self-organizing systems |- | ''comp.theory.dynamic-sys'' || Ergodic theory and dynamical systems |- | ''comp.theory.info-retrieval'' || Information retrieval |- | ''comp.windows.x'' || X window system |- | ''comp.windows.x.kde'' || KDE desktop environment |- |}
==Historical groups== {| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="0" width="100%" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" |'''Newsgroup''' ||'''Topic''' |- | ''comp.sources.unix'' || Postings of public-domain sources for Unix. (Moderated) |- |''comp.windows.news'' ||Discussion about Sun Microsystems NeWS and PostScript related technologies. It often got hijacked by users that weren't aware of the original purpose of the group, believing it was a newsgroup about Windows and Microsoft. This often led to flame wars between the long time users, who were upset from this situation, and the unaware users. |}
==See also== * List of newsgroups
==External links== * [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forumsearch/comp.* Google Groups] contains a complete browsable list of groups * Directory of [http://www.giganews.com/newsgroup_hierarchy/comp the comp.* hierarchy] at Giganews
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