computer science
noun
: a branch of science that deals with the theory of computation or the design of computers
Examples of computer science in a Sentence
She has a degree in computer science.
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Mehrotra earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley and cofounded SanDisk in 1988, serving as its president and CEO until its $16 billion acquisition by Western Digital in 2016.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The daughter of two math professors, Ozaki studied math and computer science at Imperial College London, before pursuing a master’s degree in design.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
The computer science revolution gave us the possibility of a blockchain.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Shreya Kumar, a software engineer and an associate teaching professor in computer science at the University of Notre Dame who was not involved in the research, echoes the sentiment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2025
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The daughter of two math professors, Ozaki studied math and computer science at Imperial College London, before pursuing a master’s degree in design.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
The computer science revolution gave us the possibility of a blockchain.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Shreya Kumar, a software engineer and an associate teaching professor in computer science at the University of Notre Dame who was not involved in the research, echoes the sentiment.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Computer science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/computer%20science. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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