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what is difference between computer science and computer engineering?


Ganesh Sanjay 14th Mar, 2017
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Arti Sharma 14th Mar, 2017
Computer Scienceis the study of computation. It informs how we create software (ideally). Topics might be: Complexity, algorithms, models of computation, automata,  It is arguably a branch of discrete mathematics, and builds upon set theory, logic, etc.

Computer Engineeringis studying how computing machines are built. It informs how we build hardware. Topics might be: Hardware architectures, gates, instruction set design, digital communications  It overlaps digital electronics and physics.

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