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

Clark’s Gen X parents earned computer science degrees in the 1990s and secured stable jobs with clear trajectories for career growth straight out of college.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The band was called Splay, named after “splay tree,” a computer science term for a type of data structure, according to the band’s surviving old website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“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

I had nine classes: mathematics, accounts, biology, computer science, and physical science were easy.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda