Computer Science

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Everything today is designed in a way that it can be operated by a computer. This is an era described as the digital age where everything such as shopping, booking, socializing and addressing meetings is all done through technology. This has led to the increase study in computer science.

What is computer science?

It is a generalized study in the programming, engineering and designing of computers and their use. It can be divided into hardware and software: the hardware deals with the

outputs that the computers produce when given a specific task while the software explains the different processes that computers undergo to perform a specific task.

Computer science can be categorized into:

Artificial intelligence which includes robotics, game developing, machine learning, deep learning, data science and data analytics.

Software engineering which includes web development, application development, operating systems upgrade and computer software development build and integration.

Information technology that includes the security systems, data backup and recovery systems and data storage.

Networking where an entire institution is able to communicate and use the same resources without any delays.

Why study computer science?

The ability to understand what you are doing with your computer every day, the security measures you need and how faster and easier you can work makes you have a better understanding on the problems you can encounter and how fast you can fix them.

Artificial intelligence is the ability of a computer to use various algorithms to perform tasks like a human being does. Its introduction today has made work easier as it can be used to predict stock markets to bus tickets.

Medical facilities, institutions, security systems and business have all integrated information technology in their day to day activities. This reduces the amount of time to retrieve and apply data needed. Studying computer science gives you knowledge on the best mechanisms you should apply.

Today when most of the shopping is done online, businesses want to sell their products on the internet using websites.

Before studying computer science you have to understand if you are taking it as a hobby or a future job. As discussed earlier computer science is a wide area and choosing what to study before enrolling should be one of your priorities. Whenever you are hesitating, just consult with department of computer science at the educational institution of your choice.

Computer science courses

Some of the short hardware courses offered are networking and information communication technology. The software courses can vary from programming languages such as html, java, python, c++ and Php, and statistics. You can also study the entire computer science as a course prior to selecting a specific subsection. This gives you the knowledge to integrate all the information and is commonly known as full stack developer.

After choosing the course you want to take, apply for the courses in your preferred school. This courses can be done online or physically depending on your schedule.

If you are a student in high school who wants to study computer science familiarize yourself with the basics before getting into college as it makes understanding easier when not learning from scratch.

Check our useful sources for Computer Sciences subject

• • Useful gateways and organizations
    Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

    http://www.acm.org/

    the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society.

    Birkbeck College: Department of Computer Science and Information Systems

    http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/

    Bookboon.com

    http://bookboon.com/uk

    free access to over 500 textbooks for Business, Economics and IT.

    British Computer Society (BCS)

    http://www.bcs.org/

    professional body for those working in IT.

    Computer Science Student Resource Site

    http://www.computersciencestudent.com/

    useful links put together by author William Stallings.

    Directory of Open Access Journals: Computer Science

    http://www.doaj.org/ljbs?cpid=114

    free, full text, online scholarly journals.

    Directory of Scholarly Societies in Computer Science

    http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/compsci_soc.html

    A-Z links to societies from the American Association for Artificial Intelligence to the Virtual Reality Society.

    Higher Education Academy: Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences

    http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/

    learning and teaching resources.

    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    http://ieee-ukri.org/

    technical professional society.

    Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

    http://www.theiet.org/

    professional society for the engineering and technology community, formed by a merger between the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE).

    Internet for Computer Science and Informatics

    http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/tutorial/ict

    a tutorial to help you improve your Internet research skills with links to many useful web sites.

    JISCmail

    http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/mailinglists/category/Computing.htm

    national electronic discussion lists for the UK academic community including lists for computing.

    OAIster

    http://www.oaister.org/

    search for academically-oriented digital resources from open-archive collections, including Birkbeck ePrints.

    Prospects

    http://www.prospects.ac.uk/

    the UK’s official graduate careers web site.

    Scirus

    http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/

    a search engine specially developed to find scientific information.

    Scitopia

    http://www.scitopia.org/

    a search portal for the entire electronic libraries of leading science societies including IEEE and SIAM.

    Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

    http://www.siam.org/

    applied mathematics with computational science.

    TechXtra

    http://www.techxtra.ac.uk/

    academic search engine for the best web sites and latest industry news in engineering, mathematics and computing.