computer science

Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. Computer science has many sub-fields; some emphasize the computation of specific results (such as computer graphics), while others relate to properties of computational problems (such as computational complexity theory). Still others focus on the challenges in implementing computations. For example, programming language theory studies approaches to describing computations, while computer programming applies specific programming languages to solve specific computational problems. A further subfield, human-computer interaction, focuses on the challenges in making computers and computations useful, usable and universally accessible to people.
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The discipline that is concerned with methods and techniques relating to data processing performed by automatic means.

Noun
1. the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
(synonym) computing
(hypernym) engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology
(hyponym) artificial intelligence, AI
(part-holonym) information science, informatics, information processing, IP
(classification) computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
(class) addressable