What is computer science?
Computer science is the study of computer systems, with a strong emphasis on software. In a more lay sense, computer science is the study of computational systems such as computers, phones, or anything that runs software, including PLCs. In short, the scope of computer science usually encompasses fields that involve software development or computer architecture. Computer science is a broad field that ties into many other disciplines, such as the following:
- Software engineering
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- Networking
- Cyber security
- Database systems
- Bioinformatics
- Distributed computing
- Computer architecture
The field of robotics and automation can also loosely be considered a field of computer science.
As can be seen, computer science encompasses a lot of different disciplines. For some, this may seem scary, but rest assured that a mastery of each of these subfields is not necessary to be successful at computer science...
