Overview

This brief article discusses the difference between studying Computer Science and Computer Engineering and suggests a resource down below written by Tutorialspoint, that discusses the basics of computers before further studying Computer Science and Engineering concepts.

How Computer Science and Computer Engineering are Different

Computer Science is the way how you program a computer to take instructions, and it performs those orders to the best of its ability. Computer Engineering is the study of assembling and creating computers. Further studying Computer Science and Computer Engineering may have similarities, but Computer Science is primarily focused on using software, code or creating algorithms to instruct computers to perform a set of tasks while Computer Engineering is primarily focused to build, maintain, fix and optimize computers by using the latest infrastructure.

How to Succeed in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

To be successful in either Computer Science or Computer Engineering, one must know the basics of what and how a computer works. How a computer works are quite complex as there are a lot of its components within it that work together in conjunction to power on, operate, save data and communicate over the network.

Use TutorialsPoint to Learn More About Computers

Tutorialspoint wrote a series of articles explaining the basics of how a computer works (1). Their guide explains a lot of common terminologies and definitions everyone working in technology should know relating to computers such as I/O, CPU, processors, physical memory, virtual memory, RAM, booting, and much more. I enjoyed and appreciated reading these articles published by Tutorialspoint because I learned new facts about computers and wanted to share this resource with everyone.

Sources

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/basics_of_computers/basics_of_computers_introduction (1)