Educators

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One of the challenges we face as educators is that we work not just in a field of acronyms, but in a discipline where the definitions themselves seem to undergo subtle changes over time. As a result, we sometimes may be using the same words as someone else, but meaning something a bit different.

In the interest of clarity, it might be helpful to see how Wikipedia defines the core areas that often fall under computer science. Take a look at the definitions below and see how well they match your own definitions.

Technology in human society is a consequence of science and engineering. It is the man-made world of material objects of use to humanity, including systems, methods of organization, and techniques. People’s use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools.

Information Technology (IT) is a over-arching term that describes our professional discipline where people us technology to help to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information. IT is the study, design, development, implementation, support, or management of computer-based information systems.

Computing is the activity of developing and using computer technology, including computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology.

Computer Science is the study of the theoretical foundations of computing and the application of the theories in computing. It is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems.

Computation is a general term for any type of information processing that can be represented mathematically. This includes phenomena ranging from human thinking to calculations. Computation is a process following a well-defined model that is understood and can be expressed in an algorithm, protocol, network topology, etc.

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