Computer science/Catalogs/List of seminal concepts in computer science

This is a list of eminal concepts in computer science in computer science that we need to mention somehow in the history of computing article (which is currently organized as a timeline not amenable to inclusion of concepts per se). If unlinked, these are placeholders until an article can be written.

This list should not include every small idea, unless the concept proved to be an innovation which was so compelling that it was adopted by everyone later because it was such a good idea (and you can identify what that innovation was, and document it). Let's keep this for the really great ones for now.

This article might be renamed, moved or removed later once we figure out how to structure more of the CZ:Computers Workgroup articles.

Please also alphabetize by concept, and include other names by which the same things is sometimes called, possibly even closely related sub-concepts. Pat Palmer 16:06, 12 May 2007 (CDT)

• virtual memory - also memory management in general
• compiler - also programming language, interpreter
• operating system - also batch processing, timesharing
• threading and local variable scope, requiring use of stack frames