Editing Computing (section)

=== Computer engineering ===
{{Main|Computer engineering}}

Computer engineering is a [[academic discipline|discipline]] that integrates several fields of [[electrical engineering]] and [[computer science]] required to develop computer hardware and software.<ref>{{Cite book | author1 = IEEE Computer Society | author-link = IEEE Computer Society | author2 = ACM | author-link2 = Association for Computing Machinery | title = Computer Engineering 2004: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Computer Engineering | url = http://www.acm.org/education/education/curric_vols/CE-Final-Report.pdf | access-date = 17 December 2012 | date = 12 December 2004 | page = iii | quote = Computer System engineering has traditionally been viewed as a combination ofboth electronic engineering (EE) and computer science (CS). | archive-date = 12 June 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190612130313/https://www.acm.org/education/education/curric_vols/CE-Final-Report.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> Computer engineers usually have training in [[electronic engineering]] (or [[electrical engineering]]), [[software design]], and hardware-software integration, rather than just software engineering or electronic engineering. Computer engineers are involved in many hardware and software aspects of computing, from the design of individual [[microprocessor]]s, personal computers, and [[supercomputer]]s, to [[circuit design]]. This field of engineering includes not only the design of hardware within its own domain, but also the interactions between hardware and the context in which it operates.<ref>{{Cite web
 | last = Trinity College Dublin | url = http://www.tcd.ie/Engineering/about/what_is_eng/computer_eng_intro.html | title = What is Computer System Engineering | access-date = 21 April 2006}}, "Computer engineers need not only to understand how computer systems themselves work, but also how they integrate into the larger picture. Consider the car. A modern car contains many separate computer systems for controlling such things as the engine timing, the brakes and the air bags. To be able to design and implement such a car, the computer engineer needs a broad theoretical understanding of all these various subsystems & how they interact.</ref>