about the difference between computer science and informatik (UK/US vs europa): as others have noted: in europe "computer science" is not taught at universiti

about the difference between computer science and informatik (UK/US vs europa): as others have noted: in europe "computer science" is not taught at universities. informatik is. (one could argue wether the courses "fachhochschulen" offer teach "computer science"). reading what lectures in computer science (in the US) are about, it seems "computer science" is really a lot about computers and writing software. whereas informatics ("informatiker") do not necessarly work with computers - often they do, because computers are handy for working with information. but the computer itself, its software & hardware, how it works is not a part of all informatik studies (it is of some). i'm no native english speaker but from what wikipedia tells me "informatics" - this very broad field - is actually what we mean with "informatik". for example at the technical university of vienna there are eight different, specific sub-disciplines you can do your master's degree in ("media informatics", "medical informatics", "software informatiks", "technical informatiks", "computer graphics" - my own translations, sorry).