computer science

American  

noun

1. the science that deals with the theory and methods of processing information in digital computers, the design of computer hardware and software, and the applications of computers.

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computer science British  

noun

1. the study of computers and their application

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computer science Scientific  

1. The study of the design and operation of computer hardware and software, and of the application of computer technology to science, business, and the arts.

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Other Word Forms

• computer scientist
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of computer science

First recorded in 1970–75

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Example Sentences

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computer science

He comes from a farming background and studied computer science.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Mr. Hoffmann is a computer science professor at the University of Chicago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

At the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, she studied finance and computer science, and then got a job as an electronic options market maker at the Chicago trading firm DRW.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“We were really stressed at that point, and, to head that off, we started restricting the major,” Atul Prakash, chair of computer science and engineering at Michigan, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Evan and Hari fist-bumped, and Evan said, “Bro, that was epic. That wing your parents donated to the computer science department must be something else.”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

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