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'''Computer science''' is an academic discipline which studies many aspects of [[computer|computers]] and computation. It was started at many universities in the early 1980's as a result of the increasingly widespread availability of computers.
'''Computer science''' is an academic discipline which studies aspects of [[computer|computers]], computation and [[software]].  


There are many areas of specialization within computer science. These areas include:
There are many areas of specialization within computer science. Some of these areas are:
*[[Computing Theory]]
 
*[[algorithm|Algorithms]]
* [[Computing Theory]]
*[[computer_architecture|Computer Architecture]]
* [[Algorithm|Algorithms]]
*[[Computer Programming]]
* [[Machine learning]]
* [[Artificial intelligence]]
* [[Distributed computing]]
* [[Computer architecture]]
* [[Software engineering]]
* [[Programming language|Programming languages]]
* [[Computer network|Computer networks]]

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Computer science is an academic discipline which studies aspects of computers, computation and software.

There are many areas of specialization within computer science. Some of these areas are: