Outline of Computer Science

Outline Of Computer Science

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to computer science:

Computer science (also called computing science) is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. One well known subject classification system for computer science is the ACM Computing Classification System devised by the Association for Computing Machinery.

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