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computer science

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: computing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology

Narrower terms: object, artificial intelligence, AI

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Across languages

Translations

132 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Afrikaans: rekenaarwetenskap — study of computers and their architecture
Albanian: shkencë kompjuterike — study of computers and their architecture
Albanian: informatikë — study of computers and their architecture
Arabic: عِلْم الْحَاسُوب (ʕilm al-ḥāsūb) — study of computers and their architecture
Arabic: حَاسُوبِيَّات (ḥāsūbiyyāt) — study of computers and their architecture
Arabic: عِلْم الْكَمْبْيُوتَر (ʕilm al-kambyūtar) — study of computers and their architecture
Armenian: ինֆորմատիկա (informatika) — study of computers and their architecture
Azerbaijani: informatika — study of computers and their architecture
Belarusian: інфарма́тыка (infarmátyka) — study of computers and their architecture
Bengali: কম্পিউটার বিজ্ঞান (kompiuṭar biggên) — study of computers and their architecture
Breton: urzhiataerezh — study of computers and their architecture
Breton: kompoderezh — study of computers and their architecture
Bulgarian: информа́тика (informátika) — study of computers and their architecture
Burmese: ကွန်ပျူတာသိပ္ပံပညာ (kwanpyutasippampa.nya) — study of computers and their architecture
Catalan: informàtica — study of computers and their architecture
Chinese Cantonese: 電腦科學 /电脑科学 (din6 nou5 fo1 hok6) — study of computers and their architecture
Chinese Mandarin: 電腦科學 /电脑科学 (diànnǎo kēxué) — study of computers and their architecture
Chinese Mandarin: 計算機科學 /计算机科学 (jìsuànjī kēxué) — study of computers and their architecture
Corsican: informatica — study of computers and their architecture
Czech: informatika — study of computers and their architecture
Danish: datalogi — study of computers and their architecture
Danish: informatik — study of computers and their architecture
Dutch: informatica — study of computers and their architecture
Dutch: computerwetenschap — study of computers and their architecture
Dutch: computerwetenschappen — study of computers and their architecture
Esperanto: komputiko — study of computers and their architecture
Esperanto: komputoscienco — study of computers and their architecture
Esperanto: informa scienco — study of computers and their architecture
Estonian: arvutiteadus — study of computers and their architecture
Estonian: informaatika — study of computers and their architecture
Finnish: tietojenkäsittelytiede — study of computers and their architecture
French: informatique — study of computers and their architecture
Georgian: ინფორმატიკა (inpormaṭiḳa) — study of computers and their architecture
Georgian: კომპიუტერული მეცნიერება (ḳomṗiuṭeruli mecniereba) — study of computers and their architecture
German: Informatik — study of computers and their architecture
German: Computerwissenschaft — study of computers and their architecture
Greek: πληροφορική (pliroforikí) — study of computers and their architecture
Hebrew: מַדְּעֵי הַמַּחְשֵׁב (mad'éi hamakhshév) — study of computers and their architecture
Hindi: कंप्यूटर विज्ञान (kampyūṭar vijñān) — study of computers and their architecture
Hindi: संगणिकी (saṅgṇikī) — study of computers and their architecture
Hindi: संगणन शास्त्र (saṅgṇan śāstra) — study of computers and their architecture
Hindi: संगणक विज्ञान (saṅgṇak vijñān) — study of computers and their architecture
Hindi: संगणन सिद्धान्त (saṅgṇan siddhānt) — study of computers and their architecture
Hindi: कंप्यूटर-साइंस (kampyūṭar-sāins) — study of computers and their architecture
Hungarian: informatika — study of computers and their architecture
Hungarian: számítástudomány — study of computers and their architecture
Icelandic: tölvunarfræði — study of computers and their architecture
Ido: informatiko — study of computers and their architecture
Ido: komputocienco — study of computers and their architecture
Indonesian: ilmu komputer — study of computers and their architecture
Indonesian: informatika — study of computers and their architecture
Irish: ríomheolaíocht — study of computers and their architecture
Irish: eolaíocht ríomhaireachta — study of computers and their architecture
Italian: informatica — study of computers and their architecture
Japanese: 情報科学 (jōhōkagaku) — study of computers and their architecture
Japanese: コンピュータサイエンス (konpyūta-saiensu) — study of computers and their architecture
Japanese: 計算機科学 (keisanki kagaku) — study of computers and their architecture
Japanese: コンピュータ科学 (konpyūta kagaku) — study of computers and their architecture
Kabyle: tasenselkimt — study of computers and their architecture
Kannada: ಗಣಕ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (gaṇaka vijñāna) — study of computers and their architecture
Kazakh: информатика (informatika) — study of computers and their architecture
Khmer: វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រកុំព្យូទ័រ (vityiəsaah kompyuutɔə) — study of computers and their architecture
Korean: 컴퓨터 과학 (keompyuteo gwahak) — study of computers and their architecture
Korean: 전산학 (jeonsanhak) — study of computers and their architecture
Northern Kurdish: kompûterzanî — study of computers and their architecture
Northern Kurdish: zanista kompûteran — study of computers and their architecture
Kyrgyz: информатика (informatika) — study of computers and their architecture
Lao: ວິທະຍາສາດຄອມພິວເຕີ (wi tha nyā sāt khǭm phiu tœ̄) — study of computers and their architecture
Latin: informatica — study of computers and their architecture
Latvian: datorzinātne — study of computers and their architecture
Latvian: informātika — study of computers and their architecture
Lithuanian: informatika — study of computers and their architecture
Macedonian: информатика (informatika) — study of computers and their architecture
Malay: sains penkomputeran — study of computers and their architecture
Malay: sains komputer — study of computers and their architecture
Maltese: informatika — study of computers and their architecture
Maltese: xjenza kompjuteriżata — study of computers and their architecture
Mongolian: компьютерын ухаан (kompʹjüteryn uxaan) — study of computers and their architecture
Norwegian Bokmål: informatikk — study of computers and their architecture
Norwegian Nynorsk: informatikk — study of computers and their architecture
Pashto: کمپیوټر ساینس (kampyūṭar sāyns) — study of computers and their architecture
Iranian Persian: عُلومِ رایانِه (olum-e râyâne) — study of computers and their architecture
Iranian Persian: عُلومِ کامْپْیوتِر (olum-e kâmpyuter) — study of computers and their architecture
Iranian Persian: اَنْفورْماتیک (anformâtik) — study of computers and their architecture
Polish: informatyka — study of computers and their architecture
Portuguese: ciência da computação — study of computers and their architecture
Portuguese: ciências da computação — study of computers and their architecture
Portuguese: informática — study of computers and their architecture
Romanian: știința calculatoarelor — study of computers and their architecture
Romanian: știința computerelor — study of computers and their architecture
Romanian: informatică — study of computers and their architecture
Russian: информа́тика (informátika) — study of computers and their architecture
Sardinian: informàtica — study of computers and their architecture
Serbo-Croatian: рачунарство — study of computers and their architecture
Serbo-Croatian: рачунарска знаност — study of computers and their architecture
Serbo-Croatian: информа̀тика — study of computers and their architecture
Serbo-Croatian: računarstvo — study of computers and their architecture
Serbo-Croatian: računarska znanost — study of computers and their architecture
Serbo-Croatian: informàtika — study of computers and their architecture
Sicilian: nfurmàtica — study of computers and their architecture
Sicilian: infurmàtica — study of computers and their architecture
Sindhi: ڳڻپيوڪيات (g̠ṇpeokyāt) — study of computers and their architecture
Slovak: počítačová veda — study of computers and their architecture
Slovak: informatika — study of computers and their architecture
Slovene: računalništvo — study of computers and their architecture
Slovene: informatika — study of computers and their architecture
Lower Sorbian: informatika — study of computers and their architecture
Spanish: informática — study of computers and their architecture
Spanish: computación — study of computers and their architecture
Spanish: ciencia computacional — study of computers and their architecture
Spanish: ciencia informática — study of computers and their architecture
Swedish: datavetenskap — study of computers and their architecture
Swedish: datalogi — study of computers and their architecture
Swedish: informatik — study of computers and their architecture
Tagalog: panuusing agham — study of computers and their architecture
Tagalog: agham panpanuos — study of computers and their architecture
Tajik: информатика (informatika) — study of computers and their architecture
Tajik: улуми компютерӣ (ulum-i kompyuteri) — study of computers and their architecture
Tamil: கணினி அறிவியல் (kaṇiṉi aṟiviyal) — study of computers and their architecture
Tatar: информатика (informatiqa) — study of computers and their architecture
Thai: วิทยาการคอมพิวเตอร์ (wít-tá-yaa-gaan-kɔm-piu-dtə̂ə) — study of computers and their architecture
Turkish: bilgisayar bilimi — study of computers and their architecture
Turkish: informatik — study of computers and their architecture
Turkmen: informatika — study of computers and their architecture
Ukrainian: інформа́тика (informátyka) — study of computers and their architecture
Urdu: عِلْمِ کَمْپْیُوٹَر ('ilm-i kampyūṭar) — study of computers and their architecture
Urdu: کَمْپْیُوٹَر سائِنْس (kampyūṭar sāins) — study of computers and their architecture
Uyghur: كومپيۇتېر ئىلمى (kompyutër ilmi) — study of computers and their architecture
Uzbek: informatika — study of computers and their architecture
Vietnamese: khoa học máy tính — study of computers and their architecture
Welsh: cyfrifiadureg — study of computers and their architecture
Yiddish: קאָמפּיוטערײַ (kompyuteray) — study of computers and their architecture

Word forms

Inflections and variants

computer sciences — plural

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: none provided

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Hypernyms: engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology

Hyponyms: object, artificial intelligence, AI

Holonyms: information science, informatics, information processing, IP

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