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Rename Computer Science

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-09 17:39

I think we can all agree Computer Science has little to do with actual computers, aside from knowing that you're limited in what you can test by how much money you have to spend, but I digress.

What would you change the name of "Computer Science" to if you could?
(A friend and I came up with "Computational Analytics",  but were disappointed because it didn't have the word "Science" in it, and it's actually not that creative.)

Name: Anonymous 2010-07-09 18:57

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I'd like to take issue with that.  While a lot of computer science and programming involves math and truly it is a fundamental component, there is also a great deal of it so far removed from anything greater than basic incremental counting for indices.  Telling people it's math when most of it looks nothing like math can be unintentionally misleading (at the very best, set theory is the most obvious).

What about Abstract Simulation Logos (lit. "Abstract Simulation λόγος" with its field of study symbol being a λ).

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