High Level Understanding CS

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Major Fields

1. Systems Programming
   1. Operating Systems
   2. Machine Organization
   3. Assembly
   4. Memory
      1. Caching
      2. Virtual Memory
      3. Dynamic Memory
   5. Concurrency
   6. Threads
   7. Synchronization
   8. Computer Architecture
2. Data Analysis
   1. Visualization
   2. Data Storage Systems
   3. Machine Learning
   4. 3. Data Structures
3. Algorithms
   1. Machine Learning
   2. Graph Algorithms
   3. Approximation Algorithms
   4. Randomized Algorithms
   5. Distributed Algorithms
4. Networking
   1. Cloud Computing
   2. Mobile Computing
   3. Network Protocols
5. Programming Languages
   1. Type Systems
   2. Syntax / Semantics
   3. Abstraction Mechanisms
6. Compilers
   1. Interpreters
7. Artificial Intelligence
   1. Machine Learning
   2. Knowledge Representation
   3. Computational Linguistics
   4. Search
   5. Robotics

Minor Fields

1. Crypgography
2. Graphics
3. Computer Vision
4. Graphics

Computer Science Research Frontier

1. Artificial Intelligence
2. Computation and Language
3. Computational Complexity
4. Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
5. Computational Geometry
6. Computer Science and Game Theory
7. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
8. Computers and Society
9. Cryptography and Security
10. Data Structures and Algorithms
11. Databases
12. Digital Libraries
13. Discrete Mathematics
14. Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
15. Emerging Technologies
16. Formal Languages and Automata Theory
17. General Literature
18. Graphics
19. Hardware Architecture
20. Human-Computer Interaction
21. Information Retrieval
22. Information Theory
23. Logic in Computer Science
24. Machine Learning
25. Mathematical Software
26. Multiagent Systems
27. Multimedia
28. Networking and Internet Architecture
29. Neural and Evolutionary Computing
30. Numerical Analysis
31. Operating Systems
32. Other Computer Science
33. Performance
34. Programming Languages
35. Robotics
36. Social and Information Networks
37. Software Engineering
38. Sound
39. Symbolic Computation
40. Systems and Control

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