History

History

Computer science, also called computing,  is a science that manages methods, techniques and processes in order to store, process and transmit information and data in digital format.

There is no agreed definition of the term, which can be understood through the Discussions that accompany this page. However, the Association of Computer and Computing Teachers of the Argentine Republic have taken a position, defining it as follows:

"Computer science is the discipline or field of study that covers the set of knowledge, methods and techniques related to the automatic processing of information, together with its theories and practical applications, in order to store, process and transmit data and information in a format Using data processing systems, data is the raw material so that, through its process, information is obtained as a result, for which information is created and  or used by data processing systems, which include physical means (hardware) in interaction with logical media (software) and the people who program and  or use them (humanware) ."

This is why a distinction is made between this term and the Computer Sciences, since the second encompasses the most theoretical part while computing refers to the applicability of the latter in data using electronic devices. In fact, five subdisciplines in the field of information technology are defined: Computer science, computer engineering, information systems, information technology and software engineering.

Computer science, which has developed rapidly since the second half of the 20th century with the emergence of technologies such as the integrated circuit, the Internet and mobile phones, 4 is the branch of technology that studies the automatic processing of information .

In 1957, Karl Steinbuch added the German word Informatik in the publication of a document called Informatik: Automatische Informationsverarbeitung (Computer: automatic information processing) . The Soviet Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailov was the first to use Informatik with the meaning of "study, organization, and dissemination of scientific information ", which continues to be its meaning in that language. In English, the word informatics was coined independently and almost simultaneously by Walter F. Bauer, in 1962, when Bauer co-founded the company Informatics General, Inc