Building your own computer is a great way to not only save money, and get more processing power, but also to learn about the less obvious parts of software programming.

An interview with Linus Torvalds where he explains his views on "free software" vs. commercial vs. shareware.

An article on the development of the microcomputer industry focusing mostly around the Altair and Ed Roberts' contributions.

Computer programs usually use data in some shape or form expressed as varaiables and constants.

Learn how to choose the right software testing model.

What's required to successfully integrate one computer into the classroom? Teaching issues, hardware factors, and software are discussed in this concise page. This is a PDF file.

Learn about different code depositories from which to choose.

Read and display sixteen solutions for common quick technology fixes.

XML stands for EXtensible Markup Language software, and was designed to describe data.

Offers information on what quantizing is, how it works, when it's used. Also discusses its effectiveness.

Firewall software forms the first line of defense against hackers and certain types of computer viruses. This site explains what a firewall can do to help secure a computer and what it cannot do. The site also discusses different types...

Mr. Guhlin is director of Instructional Technology Services for the San Antonio ISD, a doctoral student at the University of Texas San Antonio, a prolific writer and speaker, and producer of the blog Around the Corner. For high end users...

A university-level article describing complex computer animation techniques used to simulate human motion. Includes helpful images.

Wayne Fulton provides basic information on how to use a scanner for both photos and documents. Included are a question and answer section, a list of basic scanner software, ways to improve your scanning, and links to other scanner sites.

To give fellow teachers ideas for how they can teach the KA curriculum in a classroom setting, they created case studies. Here's how software engineer-turned-teacher Jenny Oliver builds upon the curriculum in her classroom.

This article reveals some techniques and vulnerabilities in Unix-based computer networks.

Reusable code saves time, energy and cost making it vital in software development. Consider four essential attributes to make code more reusable.

An article about the Planetary Science Institutes's advanced computer software, which it uses to model the way the solar system may have formed. Includes some insights into the results already obtained.

This site features a description on how the C++ programminglanguage was developed.

An extensive general discussion of all the changes that have occurred within the culture of women in the workplace and the home and the increasing number of women academics and users of the internet.

An interview with the creator of Pascal, in which he discusses various aspects of programming languages.

There are many computer programming languages in use today. This lecture series presents a brief description of the progression of programming languages.

This article explores some of the vocabulary terms associated with "cross platform computing" and highlight several of the software and hardware solutions which permit files and software applications to be shared between computers with...

From December 5-11, millions of kids in over 180 countries will take the Hour of Code challenge. The annual initiative, which coincides with Computer Science week, is organized by Seattle-based non-profit Code.org to demystify the world...