BISAC Subject Headings List
Computers
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COMPUTERS
Use "COMPUTERS / Electronic Commerce" for works on the computer skills and technology needed to facilitate electronic commerce and use subjects beginning with "BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / E-Commerce" for works discussing the business aspects of electronic commerce.
COM000000 COMPUTERS / General
COM004000 COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General
COM016000 COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition
COM025000 COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / Expert Systems
COM042000 COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / Natural Language Processing
COM093000 COMPUTERS / Blockchain
COM005000 COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / General
COM027000 COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / Accounting & Finance
COM005030 COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / Business Intelligence
COM066000 COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / Collaboration
COM084010 COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / Databases
COM084020 COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / Email Clients
COM084030 COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / Office Suites
COM078000 COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / Presentations
COM081000 COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / Project Management Tools
COM054000 COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / Spreadsheets
COM058000 COMPUTERS / Business & Productivity Software / Word Processing
COM006000 COMPUTERS / Buyer's Guides
COM055000 COMPUTERS / Certification Guides / General
COM055030 COMPUTERS / Certification Guides / Cisco
COM055010 COMPUTERS / Certification Guides / CompTIA (incl. A+)
COM055020 COMPUTERS / Certification Guides / Microsoft
COM055040 COMPUTERS / Certification Guides / Oracle
COM011000 COMPUTERS / Computer Architecture
COM059000 COMPUTERS / Computer Engineering
COMPUTERS / Computer Industry see BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Computers & Information Technology
COM013000 COMPUTERS / Computer Literacy
COM014000 COMPUTERS / Computer Science
COM072000 COMPUTERS / Computer Simulation
COMPUTERS / Computer Viruses see Security / Viruses & Malware
COM017000 COMPUTERS / Cybernetics
COMPUTERS / Data Recovery see System Administration / Backup & Recovery
COM018000 COMPUTERS / Data Science / General
COM021030 COMPUTERS / Data Science / Data Analytics
COM062000 COMPUTERS / Data Science / Data Modeling & Design
COM089000 COMPUTERS / Data Science / Data Visualization
COM021040 COMPUTERS / Data Science / Data Warehousing
COM094000 COMPUTERS / Data Science / Machine Learning
COM044000 COMPUTERS / Data Science / Neural Networks
COM021000 COMPUTERS / Database Administration & Management
COM087000 COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / General
COM087010 COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Audio
COM007000 COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / CAD-CAM
COM087020 COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Graphics Tools
COM087030 COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Photography (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Techniques / Digital)
COM071000 COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Video & Animation
COM048000 COMPUTERS / Distributed Systems / General
COM061000 COMPUTERS / Distributed Systems / Client-Server Computing
COM091000 COMPUTERS / Distributed Systems / Cloud Computing
COM063000 COMPUTERS / Document Management
COM085000 COMPUTERS / Documentation & Technical Writing
COM023000 COMPUTERS / Educational Software
COM064000 COMPUTERS / Electronic Commerce (see also headings under BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / E-Commerce)
COMPUTERS / Email see Business & Productivity Software / Email Clients or System Administration / Email Servers
COM092000 COMPUTERS / Embedded Computer Systems
COMPUTERS / Entertainment & Games see GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile
COMPUTERS / Financial Applications see Business & Productivity Software / Accounting & Finance
COM099000 COMPUTERS / Forensics
COMPUTERS / Games see Programming / Games or GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile
COM067000 COMPUTERS / Hardware / General
COM074000 COMPUTERS / Hardware / Cell Phones & Devices
COM041000 COMPUTERS / Hardware / Chips & Processors
COM038000 COMPUTERS / Hardware / Mainframes & Minicomputers
COM050000 COMPUTERS / Hardware / Personal Computers / General
COM050020 COMPUTERS / Hardware / Personal Computers / Macintosh
COM050010 COMPUTERS / Hardware / Personal Computers / PCs
COM049000 COMPUTERS / Hardware / Printers, Scanners & External Accessories
COM090000 COMPUTERS / Hardware / Tablets
COM080000 COMPUTERS / History
COM079010 COMPUTERS / Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
COMPUTERS / Hypertext Systems see Languages / HTML
COM012050 COMPUTERS / Image Processing
COMPUTERS / Information Storage & Retrieval see System Administration / Storage & Retrieval
COM032000 COMPUTERS / Information Technology
COM031000 COMPUTERS / Information Theory
COMPUTERS / Input-Output Equipment see headings under Hardware
COM034000 COMPUTERS / Interactive & Multimedia
COM060000 COMPUTERS / Internet / General
COM060100 COMPUTERS / Internet / Blogging
COMPUTERS / Internet / Commercial Use see Electronic Commerce or headings under BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / E-Commerce
COM060170 COMPUTERS / Internet / Content Management Systems
COMPUTERS / Internet / Intranets see Networking / Intranets & Extranets
COM060040 COMPUTERS / Internet / Online Safety & Privacy
COM060110 COMPUTERS / Internet / Podcasting & Webcasting
COM060120 COMPUTERS / Internet / Search Engines
COM060140 COMPUTERS / Internet / Social Media
COM060150 COMPUTERS / Internet / User-Generated Content
COM060010 COMPUTERS / Internet / Web Browsers
COM060130 COMPUTERS / Internet / Web Design
COM060160 COMPUTERS / Internet / Web Programming
COM060180 COMPUTERS / Internet / Web Services & APIs
COM095000 COMPUTERS / Internet of Things (IoT)
COM051010 COMPUTERS / Languages / General
COM051040 COMPUTERS / Languages / Assembly Language
COM051060 COMPUTERS / Languages / C
COM051070 COMPUTERS / Languages / C++
COM051310 COMPUTERS / Languages / C#
COM051270 COMPUTERS / Languages / HTML
COM051280 COMPUTERS / Languages / Java
COM051260 COMPUTERS / Languages / JavaScript
COM051480 COMPUTERS / Languages / JSON
COM051470 COMPUTERS / Languages / .NET
COM051350 COMPUTERS / Languages / Perl
COM051400 COMPUTERS / Languages / PHP
COM051360 COMPUTERS / Languages / Python
COM051410 COMPUTERS / Languages / Ruby
COM051170 COMPUTERS / Languages / SQL
COM051450 COMPUTERS / Languages / UML
COM051200 COMPUTERS / Languages / Visual BASIC
COM051320 COMPUTERS / Languages / XML
COM036000 COMPUTERS / Logic Design
COM037000 COMPUTERS / Machine Theory
COMPUTERS / Mainframes & Minicomputers see Hardware / Mainframes & Minicomputers
COM039000 COMPUTERS / Management Information Systems
COM077000 COMPUTERS / Mathematical & Statistical Software
COMPUTERS / Multimedia see Interactive & Multimedia
COM043000 COMPUTERS / Networking / General
COM075000 COMPUTERS / Networking / Hardware
COM060030 COMPUTERS / Networking / Intranets & Extranets
COM043020 COMPUTERS / Networking / Local Area Networks (LANs)
COM043040 COMPUTERS / Networking / Network Protocols
COMPUTERS / Networking / Security see Security / Network Security
COM046000 COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / General
COM046100 COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / Android
COM046110 COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / iOS
COM046070 COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / Linux
COM046020 COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / Mac OS
COM046080 COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / Mainframe & Midrange
COM046030 COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / UNIX
COM046040 COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / Windows Desktop
COM046050 COMPUTERS / Operating Systems / Windows Server
COM047000 COMPUTERS / Optical Data Processing
COM096000 COMPUTERS / Parallel Processing
COMPUTERS / Peripherals see Hardware / Printers, Scanners & External Accessories
COMPUTERS / Personal Computers & Microcomputers see headings under Hardware / Personal Computers
COM051000 COMPUTERS / Programming / General
COM051300 COMPUTERS / Programming / Algorithms
COM010000 COMPUTERS / Programming / Compilers
COM012040 COMPUTERS / Programming / Games
COMPUTERS / Programming / Languages see headings under Languages
COM051370 COMPUTERS / Programming / Macintosh
COM051380 COMPUTERS / Programming / Microsoft
COM051460 COMPUTERS / Programming / Mobile Devices
COM051210 COMPUTERS / Programming / Object Oriented
COM051390 COMPUTERS / Programming / Open Source
COM051220 COMPUTERS / Programming / Parallel
COMPUTERS / Programming Languages see headings under Languages
COM097000 COMPUTERS / Quantum Computing
COM052000 COMPUTERS / Reference
COM053000 COMPUTERS / Security / General
COM083000 COMPUTERS / Security / Cryptography & Encryption
COM043050 COMPUTERS / Security / Network Security
COM015000 COMPUTERS / Security / Viruses & Malware
COM079000 COMPUTERS / Social Aspects
COM051230 COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / General
COM012000 COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / Computer Graphics
COM051430 COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / Project Management
COM051330 COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / Quality Assurance & Testing
COM051240 COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / Systems Analysis & Design
COM051440 COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / Tools
COM073000 COMPUTERS / Speech & Audio Processing
COM088000 COMPUTERS / System Administration / General
COM019000 COMPUTERS / System Administration / Backup & Recovery
COM020020 COMPUTERS / System Administration / Email Servers
COM088010 COMPUTERS / System Administration / Linux & UNIX Administration
COM030000 COMPUTERS / System Administration / Storage & Retrieval
COM046090 COMPUTERS / System Administration / Virtualization & Containerization
COM088020 COMPUTERS / System Administration / Windows Administration
COMPUTERS / Systems Analysis see Software Development & Engineering / Systems Analysis & Design
COM070000 COMPUTERS / User Interfaces
COMPUTERS / Video Games see GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile
COM057000 COMPUTERS / Virtual & Augmented Reality
COMPUTERS / Viruses see Security / Viruses & Malware
COM098000 COMPUTERS / Voice Search & Digital Assistants
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