Computer Science
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
The academic and technical field concerned with computation, algorithms, systems, data, logic, and related theory and practice. In culture discussions it is often contrasted with software engineering, though the boundaries blur in real careers.
In plain English: The field that studies computation, algorithms, and computer systems.
Example: "She loved computer science for the theory, then stayed in industry because production systems made those abstractions feel urgent and alive."