There are other organizations which provide computing services, but in general they provide them to only a portion of the University, for example to administrators but not students, or only to students in a specific school or department. AcIS also manages an array of computer labs, terminal clusters, ColumbiaNet stations, multimedia classrooms, and a variety of support services. AcIS also maintains a large section about computing. ColumbiaNet is also your gateway to the rest of the Internet. A ll Columbia students are eligible for AcIS computer accounts which provide e-mail and access to the Internet.
Basic accounts are free.
U ndergraduate students in CC, SEAS, and GS automatically get accounts with extended privileges, including access to the AcIS computer labs and a generous printing quota, as part of their fees. A ll faculty are eligible for free instructor accounts with the same privileges as extended student accounts, including access to AcIS computer labs. They do not have access to AcIS computer labs. A ll accounts include access to central UNIX computers, which includes access to programming languages, statistical software, etc. People may also create their own World Wide Web home pages.