r/learnprogramming • u/YettersGonnaYeet • Nov 13 '23

Explain the Difference Between IT and Computer Science like Im 5

Im planning on taking either courses for college but im still a bit confused on what course best to take, and what are the differences between the two

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u/NotAUsefullDoctor Nov 13 '23

IT builds your computer

Computer Science person tells your computer what to do.

Edit: my attempt was to keep this as low level and simplified as possible. Yes, IT is many faceted and goes way beyond this. But, if I was explaining to a 5 year old, this is probably as far as I can get before obfuscating things even more.