Your computer processes data, stores it, and sends it to different peripherals and output devices. Computer science uses a few terms specific to this type of process: spooling, buffering and caching.

Over the years, writing about technology, I’ve produced many guides on how to do cool stuff (by my definition, at least) with your computer. But in all that time, I failed to devote any attention to ...

U.S. companies shouldn’t be able to get patents on abstract ideas when they combine those ideas with a computer process, a lawyer argued in an appeals court Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...

I've always used Windows Task Manager to troubleshoot my computer when it's slow. I’ll open it and stare at the CPU or memory bars, hoping to find the problem. However, at times, everything looked ...

Quantum computing is challenging everything we thought we knew about technology, time, and even human consciousness. Some scientists theorize that some of the ways quantum computers process ...

Researchers in China claim to have achieved quantum supremacy, the point where a quantum computer completes a task that would be virtually impossible for a classical computer to perform. The device, ...

Automating business processes can save time and money. In this 15-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at how BPA can expand into new areas, the opportunities artificial intelligence has to offer ...

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