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    • How to Do Computer Science in the Classroom

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      Advances in technology offer a bright, secure employment future for people with an associate, bachelor's, masters or doctorate in the field of computer science. Regardless of the level of education attained, a computer science graduate can often attract top dollar for her skills. Nevertheless, the more education, training and... more »

    • Career Paths With a Computer Science Bachelor's Degree

      Computer science is the development, practice and testing of modern computer technology. A computer science degree is an interdisciplinary program that combines elements of computer technology with business. Completing a bachelor's degree in computer science can open the door to a wide variety of career paths in both technology and... more »

    • About Network Engineers

      Network engineering may not be as well known as other information technology jobs, but network engineers are well-paid, well-respected professionals. People who enter this field are trained to physically lay out the networks connecting the computers in a company. Though it may appear the computers are just plugged in, making them... more »

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    Computer science

    Computer science (or computing science) is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation, and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems."Computer science is the study of information" , Gutenberg Information Technologies"Computer science is the study of computation." , Saint Johns University"Computer Science is the study of all aspects of computer systems, from the theoretical foundations to the very practical aspects of managing large software projects." It is frequently described as the systematic study of algorithmic processes that create, describe and transform information. According to Peter J. Denning, the fundamental question underlying computer science is, "What can be (efficiently) automated?""Denning_cs_discipline"> Computer science has many sub-fields; some, such as computer graphics, emphasize the computation of specific results, while others, such as computational complexity theory, study the properties of computational problems. Still others focus on the challenges in implementing computations. For example, programming language theory studies approaches to describing computations, while computer programming applies specific programming languages to solve specific computational problems, and human-computer interaction focuses on the challenges in making computers and computations useful, usable, and universally accessible to people.

    The general public sometimes confuses computer science with vocational areas that deal with computers (such as information technology), or think that it relates to their own experience of computers, which typically involves activities such as gaming, web-browsing, and word-processing. However, the focus of computer science is more on understanding the properties of the programs used to implement software such as games and web-browsers, and using that understanding to create new programs or improve existing ones."Common myths and preconceptions about read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer+science

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