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 Computer software - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose.
Program software performs the function of the program it implements, either by directly providing instructions to the computer hardware or by serving as input to another piece of software.
Computer software is so called in contrast to computer hardware, which is the physical substrate which stores and executes (or "runs") the software.
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 Computer Science Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Computer science (abbreviated CS or compsci) encompasses a variety of topics that relates to computation, like abstract analysis of algorithms, formal grammars, and subjects such as programming languages, program design, software, computer hardware, artificial intelligence, and numerical analysis.
Computer vision is the act of computers extracting three dimensional objects from a two dimensional picture.
Computer science is not an experimental science, and (as with fields such as political science and, indeed, all the social sciences) some have considered the name a misnomer.
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 Learn more about Computer science in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In practice, computer science includes a variety of topics relating to computers, which range from the abstract analysis of algorithms to more concrete subjects like programming languages, software, and computer hardware.
As a scientific discipline, it is a very different activity from computer programming and computer engineering, although the three are often confused.
Computer science studies what programs can and cannot do (computability and artificial intelligence), how programs should efficiently perform specific tasks (algorithms), how programs should store and retrieve specific kinds of information (data structures), and how programs and people should communicate with each other (user interfaces and programming languages).
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 Computer science -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Computer scientists also study other models of computation, which includes (Something having the property of being analogous to something else) parallel machines and theoretical models such as (additional info and facts about probabilistic) probabilistic, (A shrine where an oracular god is consulted) oracle, and (additional info and facts about quantum computer) quantum computers.
Computer science is no more about computers than (The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole) astronomy is about (A magnifier of images of distant objects) telescopes.
The highest honor in computer science, analogous to the (An annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace) Nobel Prize, is the (additional info and facts about Turing Award) Turing Award.
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 Computer science at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In its most general sense, computer science (CS) is the study of computation and information processing, both in hardware and in software.
In practice, computer science includes a variety of topics relating to computers, which range from the abstract analysis of algorithms, formal grammars, etc. to more concrete subjects like programming languages, software, and computer hardware.
The first computer science department in the United States was founded at Purdue University in 1962.
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A program written in Java is much slower than a program written in C or assembler, thus the playing strength will be much less as well.
The object of this game is to guess the sequence of four colored pegs the computer has selected at random from the circled colors in the right field.
Created by the brilliant Danish inventor Piet Hein, TacTix is a variation of Nim, one of the oldest of mathematical games.
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