laws

laws

Following are axioms that have been made by professionals in the field from time to time about computers and information technology. For the actual text, look up the definition.

Law              Subject Amara's law      Technology in general

  Amdahl's law     System & network speed

  Asimov's laws    Robotics

  Brook's law      Software projects

  Clarke's laws    Prediction

  Codd's rules     Relational database

  Cole's law       Essential elements

  Fitts' law       User interface

  Freedman's law   Programming

  Huang's law      GPUs

  Kerckhoffs' law  Cryptopraphy

  Kryder's law     Hard drive density

  Metcalfe's law   Network value

  Moore's law      Transistor capacity

  Nacchio's law    IP gateways

  Reed's law       Network value

  Shannon's law    Channel speed

  Thackara's laws  Product design

  Wirth's law      Software bloat

  Wright's law     Manufacturing cost

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