computer science
- noun
- B2
- Top 10000
The study of how computers work and how to write the programs that tell them what to do.
Computer science teaches you to break a big problem into steps.
He learns computer science from free online courses every evening.
The computer science lab stays open until midnight before deadlines.
Common collocations: study computer science · a computer science degree · the computer science department · a computer science student · a background in computer science
Part of: School subjects, Science and technology, School and teaching, Phone and internet