Computer science

Computer science or informatics is the study of information and computation.

Relation to #compsci
Despite their similar names, computer science and #compsci are unrelated, and the former is considered off-topic in the latter. Lengthy discussions of computer science are therefore moved to #algorithm.

Quotes about computer science
I find recursion to be one of the most important concepts in computer science. The only thing more important is recursion. &mdash; Taejo

"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." &mdash; Edsger Dijkstra

"Computer scientists commonly choose models which have bottoms, but prefer them topless." &mdash; B. A. Davey and H. A. Priestley in Lattices and Order