computer science

NOUN

the study of computers

Synonyms

STRONGEST

artificial intelligence computer technology data processing information technology robotics

WEAK

computer-aided learning computer-aided testing cybernetics information retrieval natural language processing neural networks operating systems programming programming languages simulation systems analysis

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computer science

“I’ve talked to many people, and they said that Hector is the best around,” Atharv Patil, a first-year USC computer science master’s student, said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Hugging Face grew out of a 2011 meeting between Clement Delangue, a serial entrepreneur since his teens, and Julien Chaumond, a graduate of France's elite Polytechnique engineering school with a computer science degree from Stanford.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Casado, a Stanford University Ph.D. in computer science, remembers attending Hot Chips, an annual Stanford semiconductor conference, in the early 2000s, when it was largely populated by industry retirees reminiscing about the good old days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Neither Stanford nor UC Berkeley, the state’s two biggest computer science powers, has created an undergraduate AI degree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Joy got a job with a computer science professor so he could program over the summer.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell