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'''Computer science''' is an academic discipline started at many universities in the early 1980's as a result of the increasingly widespread availability of [[computer|computers]]. Since the design and programming of computers systems is complex, there are many areas of specialization within computer science, as discussed [[Computer#Academia_and_professional_societies|in the Computer article]].
'''Computer science''' is an academic discipline which studies many aspects of [[computer|computers]] and computation. It was started at many universities in the early 1980's as a result of the increasingly widespread availability of computers.
 
There are many areas of specialization within computer science. These areas include:
*[[Computing Theory]]
*[[algorithm|Algorithms]]
*[[computer_architecture|Computer Architecture]]
*[[Computer Programming]]

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Computer science is an academic discipline which studies many aspects of computers and computation. It was started at many universities in the early 1980's as a result of the increasingly widespread availability of computers.

There are many areas of specialization within computer science. These areas include: