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As scientific and engineering disciplines go, computer
science is still quite young. Although the mathematical
roots of computer science go back more than a thousand
years, it is only with the invention of the programmable
electronic digital computer during the World War II era
of the 1930s and 1940s that the modern discipline of
computer science began to take shape. As it has
developed, computer science includes theoretical
studies, experimental methods, and engineering design
all in one discipline.
Computer science
is the study of the theoretical foundations of
information and computation, and of practical techniques
for their implementation and application in computer
systems. It is frequently described as the systematic
study of algorithmic processes that create, describe,
and transform information
Study of computers, their design, and
their uses for computation, data processing, and systems
control, including design and development of computer
hardware and software, and programming. The field
encompasses theory, mathematical activities such as
design and analysis of algorithms, performance studies
of systems and their components, and estimation of
reliability and availability of systems by probabilistic
techniques.
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