Computer Science@TU Berlin

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What is Computer Science?

To summarize: computer science is concerned with all aspects of automatic information processing, including interactions with the social environment. Important elements are:the analysis of basic concepts such as information, data, algorithms, language, machines, systems

• the analysis of basic concepts such as information, data, algorithms, language, machines, systems
• the functionality of information-processing machines, their architecture and structural elements and their interplay as components of a overall system
• the methodological development of complex, distributed information-processing systems
• the organization, representation, processing and exchange of information in textual, visual, aural or other sensory form
• the use of information and communication technology in research, engineering, business and administration
• the effects of this use on different groups of society