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[–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's why informatics is by far the superior term. Computer science is such a boring terms anyways, you don't call maths "number science", biology "living beings science " or chemistry "atoms science" either.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All of thoose are different. Computer science, computer engineering, software angineering and informatics are all different conceptually

[–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Accordingly, universities in continental Europe usually translate "informatics" as computer science, or sometimes information and computer science, although technical universities may translate it as computer science & engineering.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatics

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

informatics is synonymous with computer science and computing as a profession,[3] in which the central notion is transformation of information.

^From the same link. Central notion is transformation of information

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Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation.[1][2][3] Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to applied disciplines (including the design and implementation of hardware and software).[4][5][6]

Also

Software engineering is an engineering approach to software development.[1][2][3] A practitioner, a software engineer, applies the engineering design process to develop software.