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.

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

Partial list of comp.* groups NewsgroupTopic comp.ai artificial intelligence comp.arch computer architecturecomp.bbsBulletin 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 spacecomp.infosystems.gopherGopher 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 NewsgroupTopic comp.sources.unix Postings of public-domain sources for Unix. (Moderated)comp.windows.newsDiscussion 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 Google Groups contains a complete browsable list of groups Directory of the comp.* hierarchy at Giganews

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