1991 ACM Computing Classification System

Valid through 1997

(Superseded by the 1998 Version)

The full ACM classification scheme involves three concepts (described more fully in the Introduction): general terms, implicit subject descriptors, and the four-level tree (containing three numbered levels and a fourth unnumbered level).

General Terms

These apply to any elements of the tree that are relevant.

Algorithms
Design
Documentation
Economics
Experimentation
Human factors
Languages
Legal aspects
Management
Measurement
Performance
Reliability
Security
Standardization
Theory
Verification

Implicit Subject Descriptors

Names of languages of systems may be used under appropriate nodes, e.g., Pascal under D.3.2 (Language Classifications) or VM under D.4.0 (Operating Systems -- General).

Top Two Levels of the ACM Computing Classification System (1991)

Full Tree with Subject Descriptors

The full ACM classification tree is available as a hypertext document, as a single document, or as an ascii file. (An asterisk (*) next to a subject descriptor indicates that the classification is no longer be used as of January 1991, but that the item is still searchable for previously classified documents.)

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MAC / 95-Nov-8
Tom Horton / 96-July-16