computer science
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of computer science
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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She has described that experience as important in shaping an interdisciplinary approach that combines basic science, computer science, and medicine.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Chacon also leads an e-sports program — which, in her hands, is computer science training and problem-solving designed as fun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Yet already computer science enrollment has begun to slide -- dropping six percent across the University of California system and falling at two-thirds of computing programs nationwide, according to the Computing Research Association.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Stoica, like Klein, is a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
He asked the class how many of us were taking computer science, and everybody but me and this one girl who didn’t speak English raised their hands.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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