Computer-aided
Encyclopedia
Computer-aided- or computer-assisted- is a prefix that hints to the use of a computer
as an indispensable tool in a certain field, usually derived from more traditional fields of science
and engineering
. Instead of the prefix computer aided or computer-assisted, in some cases the suffix management system
is used.
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
as an indispensable tool in a certain field, usually derived from more traditional fields of science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
. Instead of the prefix computer aided or computer-assisted, in some cases the suffix management system
Management system
A management system is the framework of processes and procedures used to ensure that an organization can fulfill all tasks required to achieve its objectives....
is used.
Engineering and production
- Computer-aided designComputer-aided designComputer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...
- Computer-aided architectural design
- Computer-aided industrial designComputer-aided industrial designComputer-aided industrial design is a subset of computer-aided design that includes software that directly helps in product development....
- Electronic and electrical computer-aided design
- computer-aided garden designComputer-aided garden designComputer-aided garden design describes the use of CAD packages to ease and improve the process of garden design.Professional garden designers tend to use CAD packages designed for other professions. This includes architectural design software for the drafting of garden plans, 3-D software and...
- Computer-aided drafting
- Computer-aided engineeringComputer-aided engineeringComputer-aided engineering is the broad usage of computer software to aid in engineering tasks. It includes computer-aided design , computer-aided analysis , computer-integrated manufacturing , computer-aided manufacturing , material requirements planning , and computer-aided planning .- Overview...
- Computer-aided production engineeringComputer-aided production engineering__FORCETOC__Computer-aided production engineering is a relatively new and significant branch of engineering. Global manufacturing has changed the environment in which goods are produced...
- Computer-aided production engineering
- Computer-aided manufacturingComputer-aided manufacturingComputer-aided manufacturing is the use of computer software to control machine tools and related machinery in the manufacturing of workpieces. This is not the only definition for CAM, but it is the most common; CAM may also refer to the use of a computer to assist in all operations of a...
- Computer-aided qualityComputer-aided qualityComputer-aided quality assurance is the engineering application of computers and computer controlled machines for the definition and inspection of the quality of products.This includes:*Measuring equipment management*Goods inward inspection...
- Computer-aided maintenanceComputer-aided maintenanceComputer-aided maintenance refers to systems that utilize software to organize planning, scheduling and support of maintenance and repair. A common application of such systems is the maintenance of computers, either hardware or software, themselves...
Medicine
- Computer-assisted detection
- Computer-aided diagnosisComputer-aided diagnosisComputer-aided detection and computer-aided diagnosis are procedures in medicine that assist doctors in the interpretation of medical images. Imaging techniques in X-ray, MRI, and Ultrasound diagnostics yield a great deal of information, which the radiologist has to analyze and evaluate...
- Computer-assisted orthopedic surgery
- Computer-aided patient registrationPatient registrationPatient registration is the concept and set of methods needed to correlate the reference position of a virtual 3D dataset gathered by computer medical imaging with the reference position of the patient...
- Computer-assisted sperm analysis
- Computer-assisted surgery
- Computer-assisted surgical planningSurgical planningThe surgical planning is the preoperative method of pre-visualising a surgical intervention, in order to predefine the surgical steps and furthermore the bone segment navigation in the context of computer assisted surgery....
- Computer-aided tomography
Teaching
- Computer assisted instruction
- Computer assisted learning better known as computer-based learning
- Computer-assisted language learningComputer-assisted language learningComputer-assisted language learning is succinctly defined in a seminal work by Levy as "the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning"...
- Computer-assisted assessmentE-assessmentIn its broadest sense, e-assessment is the use of information technology for any assessment-related activity. This definition embraces a wide range of student activity ranging from the use of a word processor to on-screen testing...
Communications
- Computer-assisted personal interviewing
- Computer-assisted telephone interviewing
- Computer-assisted reportingComputer-assisted reportingComputer-assisted reporting describes the use of computers to gather and analyze the data necessary to write news stories.The spread of computers, software and the Internet changed how reporters work...
Entertainment
- Computer-assisted gamingComputer-assisted gamingComputer-assisted gaming and computer-asssited wargaming refer to games which are at least partially computerized, but where on important part of the action is not virtual but performed in real life or on a miniature terrain. Regulation of the game can be done completely by a computer or partly...
- computer-assisted role-playing game