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Relationship With Other Fields Part 1

Computer science involves more than just the study of computers. Several alternative names for the field have been proposed to emphasize that computer science revolves around data treatment rather than computers themselves. The first institution to use the term "datalogy" was the Department of Datalogy at the University of Copenhagen in 1969. While computer science, computer engineering, and information systems are distinct disciplines, there is much overlap and cross-fertilization of ideas between the fields. Computer science research also intersects with other domains like philosophy, cognitive science, and linguistics.

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Relationship With Other Fields Part 1

Computer science involves more than just the study of computers. Several alternative names for the field have been proposed to emphasize that computer science revolves around data treatment rather than computers themselves. The first institution to use the term "datalogy" was the Department of Datalogy at the University of Copenhagen in 1969. While computer science, computer engineering, and information systems are distinct disciplines, there is much overlap and cross-fertilization of ideas between the fields. Computer science research also intersects with other domains like philosophy, cognitive science, and linguistics.

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Relationship with other fields (Part 1)

Despite its name, a significant amount of computer science does not involve the study of
computers themselves. Because of this, several alternative names have been proposed.
Certain departments of major universities prefer the term computing science, to emphasize
precisely that difference. Danish scientist Peter Naur suggested the term datalogy, to reflect
the fact that the scientific discipline revolves around data and data treatment. The first
scientific institution to use the term was the Department of Datalogy at the University of
Copenhagen, founded in 1969, with Peter Naur who was the first professor in datalogy. The
term is used mainly in the Scandinavian countries. Also, in the early days of computing, a
number of terms for the practitioners of the field of computing were suggested in the journal
Communications of the ACM turingineer, turologist, flow-charts-man, applied metamathematician, and applied epistemologist. Three months later in the same journal,
comptologist was suggested, followed next year by hypologist. The term computics has also
been suggested. Informatik was a term used in Europe with more frequency.
The renowned computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra stated, "Computer science is no more about
computers than astronomy is about telescopes." The design and deployment of computers and
computer systems is generally considered the province of disciplines other than computer
science. For example, the study of computer hardware is usually considered part of computer
engineering, while the study of commercial computer systems and their deployment is often
called information technology or information systems. However, there has been much crossfertilization of ideas between the various computer-related disciplines. Computer science
research has also often crossed into other disciplines, such as philosophy, cognitive science,
economics, mathematics, physics, and linguistics.

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