Timeline for Best word for “computer science”
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| Mar 14, 2014 at 19:46 | comment | added | CTKlein | @RemcoGerlich arguably, yes. As stated in Wrzlprmft's source: ,,Das Wort Informatik wird häufig auf die Verschmelzung von Information und Automatik zurückgeführt, alternativ auch oft auf Information und Mathematik" | |
| Mar 14, 2014 at 19:44 | comment | added | RemcoGerlich | Didn't Informatik come from Information + Mathematik? | |
| Mar 14, 2014 at 9:18 | comment | added | Wrzlprmft♦ | See also here. One should also keep in mind that Informatik has more or less detached from its real and perceived etymology. | |
| Mar 14, 2014 at 7:48 | comment | added | PMF | See also here: inf.ethz.ch/de. It's used as the name of the computer science department of one of Europe's most renowned technical universities. | |
| Mar 13, 2014 at 21:26 | comment | added | unor | Related: Note that "information science" would be "Informationswissenschaft". | |
| Mar 13, 2014 at 21:03 | comment | added | Harvey | Ah I see! Since age 11 I have been taught that Informatik is ICT. | |
| Mar 13, 2014 at 21:02 | vote | accept | Harvey | ||
| Mar 13, 2014 at 20:30 | comment | added | Carsten S | Yes, Informatik is what this field of study is called at universities. See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science#Name_of_the_field | |
| Mar 13, 2014 at 20:00 | history | answered | CTKlein | CC BY-SA 3.0 |