computer science

1. 1.

   the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

   Synonymscomputing

   Broaderengineering

   Narrowerobjectartificial intelligence

   Part ofinformation science

   computer

Questions about computer science

What does computer science mean?

computer science means "the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures".

What is another word for computer science?

Close synonyms include computing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is computer science a common word?

computer science is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.