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computer science

study of computation
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Summary

computer science is an academic discipline[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of academic discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,482 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic major[3]
  • Subclass of: formal science[4]
  • Commons category: Computer science[5]
  • Has part(s): theoretical computer science[6], applied computer science[7], artificial intelligence[8], theory of computation[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Computer science[10]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Computer science[11]
  • Described by source: Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia[12], Great Russian Encyclopedia[13]
  • Topic has template: Template:Computer science[14]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/computer-science[15], https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/computer-science[16]
  • Has characteristic: computer science journal[17], computer science award[18]
  • Different from: informatics[19], information science[20], information theory[21], computational science[22]
  • History of topic: history of computer science[23]
  • Classification of Instructional Programs code: 11.0701[24], 11.07[25]
  • Is the study of: computing[26]
  • Studied by: computer science and engineering[27]
  • Practiced by: computer scientist[28]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29], WikiProject Computer Science[30]
  • Wikimedia outline: Outline of computer science[31]

Why It Matters

computer science has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 103 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 204
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'az', 'azb', 'ba
    Quora topic id → Computer-Science, Computer-Science-college-major, ComputerScience-1 +2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Quora topic id: Science-Computer-Science, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/16625700|Science, Computer Science (#16625700)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/cata"
  2. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edam ontology id → topic_3316
    Wikimedia outline → Outline of computer science
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Edam ontology id: topic_3316, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289759029|Computer science (#289759029)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontolo"
  3. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → computer-science
    P14537 → z3tbwmn, z8cn9ty, zb24xg8 +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: computer-science, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289916920|computer science (#289916920)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14537 → z3tbwmn, z8cn9ty, zb24xg8 +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14537: z3tbwmn, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294227370|Computer science (#294227370)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8060|‎BBC Bitesize "
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000479-pocitacova-veda
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000479-pocitacova-veda, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 20w ago · Charp238 · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Stack exchange tag → https://stackoverflow.com/tags/computer-science, https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/computer-science
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Stack exchange tag: https://academia.stackexchange.com/tags/computer-science"
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