All computer science synonyms
com·put·er sci·ence
C c noun computer science
- information technology — the development, implementation, and maintenance of computer hardware and software systems to organize and communicate information electronically. Abbreviation: IT.
- robotics — the use of computer-controlled robots to perform manual tasks, especially on an assembly line.
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- cybernetics — Cybernetics is science which involves studying the way electronic machines and human brains work, and developing machines that do things or think like people.
- information retrieval — the systematic storage and recovery of data, as from a file, card catalog, or the memory bank of a computer. Abbreviation: IR.
- simulation — imitation or enactment, as of something anticipated or in testing.
- systems analysis — the evaluation of an activity to identify its desired objectives and determine procedures for efficiently attaining them.
- neural networks — any group of neurons that conduct impulses in a coordinated manner, as the assemblages of brain cells that record a visual stimulus.
- programming — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.