Computer science is the term
that applies to the basic principles involved in developing computer software and systems that incorporate that software. It is abstract and theoretical in the sense that it typically is considered outside the syntax and structure of specific computer languages and hardware.
That is the definition that we use in this book. If you explore other books and articles on the Web (including descriptions of computer science courses at all levels and types of education), you will find a wide array of other definitions.
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