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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

The difference between Information Technology and Computer Science

Hi all,
What's the difference between Information Technology and Computer Science. I am studying Computer Science and looking for the requirements for job offers. I found there term "information technology". I just want to know the difference.
Thank you very much.

  

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Computer science is the study of the theory, experimentation, and engineering that form the basis for the design and use of computers. Information technology (IT) is the application of computers to store, study, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data, or information, often in the context of a business or other enterprise . (Wikipedia)

  • Computer science is the study of the theory, experimentation, and engineering that form the basis for the design and use of computers.
  • Information technology (IT) is the application of computers to store, study, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data, or information, often in the context of a business or other enterprise .
  • (Wikipedia)
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Computer science is the study of the theory, experimentation, and engineering that form the basis for the design and use of computers.

Information technology (IT) is the application of computers to store, study, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data, or information, often in the context of a business or other enterprise.

(Wikipedia)

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anonymous I am studying Computer Science

You are likely studying what Wikipedia describes as IT (see above). That's how many schools interpret the term "Computer Science". But only you can answer that question.

What Wikipedia calls Computer Science I would call Computer Engineering.

It seems to me that the definitions of these terms have been

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