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Computer engineering

Computer engineering was a strong growth area within engineering, surviving the Dotcom crash in 2000 and continuing to thrive. This engineer is checking computer hardware. Software testing is another element of the job.

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Matthew Wright, Engineering – Chemical and computer engineering, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21620/computer-engineering (accessed 12 June 2026).

Story by Matthew Wright, published 26 February 2010.

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owen hasnip
12 January 2012
Hi-owen here,"i,m' just looking in the library @ www.aucklandcitylibraries.govt.nz for some print media & or any current realistic practical and easy to understand books or data concerning computer,s how we are using them now (but) more importantly also how much more frequently ,and more universilly intergrated within most if not all, facets of all our lives basic nessessities -and products the machines will become indespenceable ultimately untill at least some of the people will end up more or less serving the m a c h i n e s and "not" the "Other Way Around' ? So-What then ,Do You 'think' ?