On: Computer Science vs. Computing Science (1999)

[shmerl]

Computing Science is a lot better name. I prefer to use that term to "Computer Science".

[kayoone → shmerl]

In Europe it's usually called Informatics, even in some Universities in the UK i believe, but it's totally absent from US literature it seems.

[mhh__ → shmerl]

On the one hand yes, but I think Computer science (as a superset) is the better name due to the added focus on learning how computers "actually" work.

The focus should be on computing, but understanding the machine is very important

[User23 → mhh__]

I agree with your observations, but reached the opposite conclusion and prefer Computing Science as a name. I take this as evidence that it’s not really important what we call it so long as we’re clear on what’s being studied.

[chrisseaton → shmerl]

I think Oxford still calls it Computation, which makes the most sense to me - it's the computation that we're interested in, and the computer is incidental.

[shmerl → chrisseaton]

Yeah, Computation Science is a good term too.

[WomanCanCode → shmerl]

We are doing more with software now than ever before so I think we need to move away from the word 'compute'