System Administrator Appreciation Day Is July 30th SysAdmin Day (also in Japanese and Russian)

5 Star Support free technical support, tips, tricks, tutorials
Alan Turing.net "collection of digital facsimiles of original documents by Turing and other pioneers of computing. Plus articles about Turing and his work"
Almanac, Computer "Interesting and Useful Numbers About Computers"
ANIMATION, see GRAPHICS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE page of links
AUDIO, see MULTIMEDIA
C Programming
Catalog of Free Compilers and Interpreters lists links to freely available software for language tools, including compilers, compiler generators, interpreters, translators, important libraries, and assemblers
"Cats and Qubits: The Challenge of Quantum Computers" article from MSNBC - has not-to-be-missed flash tutorial
Center for Women & Information Technology "While the increase in female Internet users is certainly good news, the headline masks some troubling aspects of women's involvement with information technology (IT). Women are still seriously under-represented as developers of IT, and they are often not well served as IT users"
CGI (Common Gateway Interface) --page of links
CHAT, WEB page of links
Cknow: Acronyms/Definitions computer acronyms, definitions, and abbreviations
CLIPART, see GRAPHICS
Coding Theory: The Strange Story of Alice and Bob
COLOR, see GRAPHICS
Collected Algorithms software associated with papers published in the ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software and other ACM journals
Computer Architecture provides access to computer architecture research groups, researchers, conferences, tools, simulators, benchmarks, books, online publications, organizations, and newsgroups
Computer Industry Almanac (limited free content)
Computer Science Technical Reports Archive Sites A listing of academic and research institutions around the world that distribute online computer science technical reports
Computer Terminology--Dictionary --Glossary and Acronyms
Computers and Software college students and faculty get up to 85% discount at edu.com
Computing Research Repository researchers from the whole field of computer science submit reports as a means of rapid dissemination of research results
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Dictionary of Computing
dev^x programming help in many languages
DIGITAL SOUND & AUDIO, see MULTIMEDIA
Dictionaries - Babel Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms
Dictionary, Free includes an english dictionary, thesaurus, computing dictionary, medical dictionary, legal dictionary, financial dictionary and three encyclopedias
Dictionary, Online Computing By entering a word in the space below, you can quickly search for a computer related word
Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Communications Terms published by O’Reilly & Associates, this comprehensive dictionary provides complete descriptions of complex terms
Directory of Computing Science Journals
"Do you make these 10 stupid PC mistakes? (I have!)" basic troubleshooting tips from ZDNet
Download.com at C|net
Downloads (shareware & freeware) from ZDNet
Downloads--Tucows -a great site; huge selection
Driver Guide find device drivers you need
Electronic Colloquium on Computational Complexity (ECCC) provides links to research reports, monographs, lecture notes, survey reports, and theses dealing with computational complexity
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Electronics Tutorials free tutorials about amplifiers, oscillators, ham radio, filters, power supply, transmitters, receivers, and radio and electronics design as well as basic electronics (Ohm's Law, voltage, resistivity, etc.)
ExtremeTech tests of latest technology, community of techies, lot of information
FIBER OPTICS page of links
Filesharing - BearShare allows individuals to hunt down and share files without supervision
Firewalls - Black Ice intrusion protection
Firewalls - Shields Up! test your machine's vulnerability online
Fortran Library contains a collection of general purpose Fortran 90 routines that can be used to simplify the development of programs with a batch-style input/output interface. Most of the routines can be used to perform standard non-numeric coding tasks
Geek Culture articles, cartoons, cool beanies, forums, screensavers
Geeks 4 Free Do volunteer work to gain professional experience and a letter of reference from a company
GEEKS page of links
Geek Press technology news
Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms
GRAPHICS, COLOR, CLIPART --page of links
"The Great PC Debates" by Jesse Burst -- "SHOULD YOU TURN OFF YOUR PC AT NIGHT?... Absolutely not, according to ZDNet Tech Director Jon DeKeles, who says turning it back on causes a power supply spike that could introduce damaging high voltage into your system. But news ace Liz Enbysk points to the growing number of home PC users who typically have little if any security -- and are fast becoming the No. 1 target of online vandals. Vandals can't get in if your PC is powered off. Click for more"
ARE DAILY REBOOTS NECESSARY?... "We featured a shutdown/reboot utility in our downloads section a couple of months ago, prompting the obvious retort: Who needs to shut down Windows once a day when it crashes at least that often? Rebooting, however, is a slightly different beast and we follow the ounce-of-prevention path here at AnchorDesk with reboots every morning. (Okay, most mornings.) "
Healthy Computing the proper way to use a computer; got a symptom? check it out...
Help-Site Computer Manuals contains links to computer-related support documents and sites, including FAQ lists, tutorials, manuals, and official or unofficial support sites
History of the Internet and WWW a collection of articles
Hoaxbusters bogus viruses and scams
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) --page of links
Information Warfare "issues involving information security, information operations, computer network operations, homeland security and more" - its INFOCON Threat Centre monitors and analyzes cyberthreat trends across the world
INSTANT MESSAGING (IM) page of links
Intel Technology Journal
Internet Archive "Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form" - already five times larger than the Library of Congress (YIL)
Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing
Internet History Historical Text Archive; articles, links
IP Address, What is Your? Echoes back your IP address
JAVA page of links
JAVASCRIPT page of links
Jeff Levy on Computers popular radio personality teaches you the basics of computers
Junk Busters guide to eliminating junk mail, junk phone calls, spam, etc. - "one of the world's most comprehensive collections of information about junk messages and how to stop them"
Learn C/C++ Today lists several tutorials available on the Web
Linux Documentation Project provides access to Linux guides (book length), HOWTOs (documents on specific subjects), FAQs (questions with answers), man pages (help with individual commands), and the “Linux Gazette” (a magazine with tips and tricks)
LINUX O.S. -page of links
LISTSERVS, WEB page of links
Logic Programming links to general repositories, Prolog, window system interfaces, other logic programming systems, meetings, and books
Loving Care... for the Technically Spare commit your loved ones now (humor)
MACINTOSH/APPLE COMPUTERS --page of links
Microsoft homepage
Microsoft Research Site
MOOs page of links
Motherboards comprehensive resource on motherboards, whether you are planning to build a PC, or want information on your current motherboard
MP3, see MULTIMEDIA
MSDN Online Microsoft Developers Network provides a bounty of technical information, sample code, documentation, technical articles, and reference guides for developers using Microsoft tools, products, and technologies. It also contains standards and release information, as well as samples, downloads, and tutorials
MULTIMEDIA page of links
Music --see MULTIMEDIA
Netscape homepage
O'REILLY.com home programming books and news
"PC Essentials: Must-have Downloads for Every Windows PC" ZDNet article
PC Pitstop free Web-based virus scanning, plus you can test your Internet connection and diagnose your PC to improve performance
PC SHARING page of links
Programming Language Research links to resources for research in programming language theory, design, implementation, and related areas. This site also includes language overviews with access to language-specific sites, bibliographies, publications, and conferences
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES page of links
Protonic provides technical support to computer users for free. Covers PCs, Macs, Unix, and PDAs.
Purportal searchable links to the top hoax and urban legend databases on the Web
Quantum Computation, Centre for "the quantum version of digital bits... a qubit is both 1 and 0, which allows a quantum computer to calculate exponentially faster than even the fastest supercomputers" (YIL)
Recover Lost Files, Three Ways to utilities that work
Recycling PCs Corona Visions at Martin and Medina
Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search --Totally cool! "The goal of this initiative is to enable autonomous discovery of Antarctic meteorites using robotic search and on-site automatic classification of rock samples."
Scientific Computing FAQ
ScumWare.com learn how to rid your computer of programs that change your site without your permission
Search VB a technology specific search engine for Visual Basic (VB). It provides access to VB Web sites, news, products, services, and technical tips
SERVERS page of links
Silicon Salley "one-stop resource for all things woman and computer"
SOFTWARE, WEB page of links
Sounds --see AUDIO
SeniorNet senior education about computer technology and the Internet
SOUND, see MULTIMEDIA
Stony Brook Algorithm Repository Based on his book The Algorithm Design Manual, Steven S. Skiena has mounted this site containing a collection of algorithm implementations for more than 70 of the most fundamental problems in combinatorial algorithms
TECHNOLOGY PLANNING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION --page of links
Tech Reports A listing with links to sites around the world that have online computer science technical reports
Tech Support Guy post your issue to these message boards or search by keyword
Tech Support - help from CNET, a directory of articles and help on hardware, software, electronics, web building, and more
TechWeb Encyclopedia more than 20,000 terms defined
TELEPHONY, WEB page of links
Theoretical Computer Science on the Web links to papers and sites of interest to the theory community; it includes organizations, journals, conferences, bibliographies, lecture notes, software, repositories, newsgroups, and mailing lists
Throttling New Computer Viruses
Tom's Hardware Guide news about and tests of new computer hardware
Trends in Latin American Networking about the Internet in Latin America - articles, statistics, countries and resources
uBid best auctions for refirbished computers
Updates - "World's Biggest Download Site: It Can Save Your PC! an article about Windows Update
Updates - Windows Updates
User Friendly.org programming-oriented cartoons
VIDEO, see MULTIMEDIA
Virtual Museum of Computing a collection of Web sites connected to the history of computing. It also lists online computer-based exhibits
Virtual Museum of Computing "includes an eclectic collection of World Wide Web (WWW) hyperlinks connected with the history of computing and on-line computer-based exhibits available both locally and around the world"
Virus Remedies - Symantec top threats and how to fix them
Virus Remedies - McAfee a bit technical
Virus Remedies - Trend Micro
Virus Remedies - Sophos
Viruses - HoaxBusters
Viruses - Symantec Security Response latest virus threats, security advisories
WEB TOOLS & INFORMATION page of links
Whatis? An encyclopedia of information technology; it includes a comprehensive listing of every file format in the world
Windows, Fixing and Speeding
Windows ME Boosters patches, fixes, and third-party utilities
Windows Update helps you analyze and update your Windows programs
Windows Updates download site
XML (eXtensible Markup Language) --page of links