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Latest revision as of 22:06, 19 April 2015
Definitions[]
Computer science is
| “ | the study of computers and what they can do — the inherent powers and limitations of abstract computers, the design and characteristics of real computers, and the innumerable applications of computers to solving problems.[1] | ” |
| “ | [t]he branch of science and technology that is concerned with methods and techniques relating to data processing performed by automatic means.[2] | ” |
References[]
- ↑ Computer Science: Reflections on the Field, Reflections from the Field, at 12.
- ↑ U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Glossary of Computerized System and Software Development Technology 7 (Aug. 1995) (full-text).