INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY vs
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Five similarities and Five differences between Information Technology, Computer Science, and Computer Engineering?
Similarities: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AND COMPUTER
SCIENCE
1) They all let you learn some
programming
2) They all pave the way for equal
jobs
3) They all require some math and
analysis
4) They all involve computers as a
tool
5) They all borrow knowledge from each other (they are related)
Difference: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
This is difficult to
answer. In general, I see that IT is an umbrella term for the entire technology
group which includes CE and CS.
So in fact all of CE and
CS can be described as elements of IT.
As a result, it
was easy to outline the difference between CE and CS (below) but I can only
find one “meta” difference in IT.
It is a practical
difference because IT in general would be necessarily less focused and less
specialized, focusing on IT as a study, as opposed to CS or CE.
1) They vary in
degree of focus: CE is a sub-technology area specialized in engineering
sub-systems and hardware components.
IT is
a generalist technology field that covers all computing technology areas as an
umbrella term Does, where CS specialized in proving the sub-technology sector.
Abstract logic model.
2) They have a
different subject: CE is related to the computer, where CS is related to
mathematical logic.
3) They have different deliverables/outputs: CE
engineered computing devices and subsystems, where CS discovers and proves the
logic model.
4) They differ in
how they relate to computers: CE is related to computers as a subject to
understand, design, and construct.
CS is related to computers, which is the principle of computation and testing. As a tool used for
5) They differ with respect to their knowledge:
CE (as engineer) develops innovative applications of existing knowledge to
solve real-world problems,CS (as science) discovers and Proves new knowledge.
Note: In the United
States,
IT is often viewed as akin to business information systems – the application of
technology-based problem-solving in a business context.
IT
is more common in Europe – an umbrella term for computing and
technologies.
Therefore
the field plays a role in how they are defined.
Where I come from both
definitions, although I personally prefer European usage.
My
reasons for prioritizing the European model for naming technology pupils are
that it makes more sense.
The
special nature of theoretical computer science (which is not really about
computers) and because it refers to other terms (such as BIS) Produces less
friction with.
There
is a natural gap for a common umbrella term that CS does not really fill.
When
computer science is used as an umbrella term for the broad domain of computing
and technology (as it is in the USA definition)
It
can be confused that theoretical computer science is highly specialized and as
a broad field Does not easily capture technology.
Theoretical computer science specifically (and strictly) focuses on
computational models. Information technology makes more sense as an umbrella
term.
Seeing its coverage of information as a broader meaning and a general focus on technologies including and beyond computations
