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Astronomy is the study of the heavens, not the study of telescopes, although they may be an important tool. Likewise Computer Science is not the study of progr
by voidlogic 12y ago
Astronomy is the study of the heavens, not the study of telescopes, although they may be an important tool.
Likewise Computer Science is not the study of programming or computers, it is the study of data and computing. Programming is just often the tool for the job.
Some European Computer Science departments actually call themselves Dataology departments...
- thissideup 12y agoRight but astronomy isn't called telescope science either. Whereas computer science is.
- barry-cotter 12y agoNo they don't, they call themselves Informatics departments.