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== Branches of applied science ==
Applied cryptography – applications of cryptography. Applied science – application of scientific knowledge transferred into a physical environment. Actuarial science — application of mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk in the insurance, finance, and other industries
Agricultural science
Agronomy – science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, feed, fiber, and reclamation. Animal husbandry – agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock. Aquaculture – also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants. Algaculture – form of aquaculture involving the farming of species of algae. Mariculture – cultivation of marine organisms for food and other products in the open ocean, an enclosed section of the ocean, or in tanks, ponds or raceways which are filled with seawater. Agriculture – science of farming
Cuniculture – also known as rabbit farming, is the breeding and raising domestic rabbits, usually for their meat or fur. Fungiculture –  process of producing food, medicine, and other products by the cultivation of mushrooms and other fungi. Heliciculture – also called snail farming, is the process of farming or raising land snails specifically for human consumption, and more recently, to obtain snail slime for cosmetics use. Olericulture – science of vegetable growing, dealing with the culture of non-woody (herbaceous) plants for food. Sericulture – also called silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied. Food science – study concerned with all technical aspects of foods, beginning with harvesting or slaughtering, and ending with its cooking and consumption, an ideology commonly referred to as "from field to fork". It is the discipline in which the engineering, biological, and physical sciences are used to study the nature of foods, the causes of deterioration, the principles underlying food processing, and the improvement of foods for the consuming public. Forestry – art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. Arboriculture – cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants. Silviculture – practice of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests to meet diverse needs and values. It includes regenerating, tending and harvesting techniques. Horticulture – art, science, technology and business of intensive plant cultivation for human use
Floriculture – discipline of horticulture concerned with the cultivation of flowering and ornamental plants for gardens and for floristry, comprising the floral industry. Hydroculture – growing of plants in a soilless medium, or an aquatic based environment. Plant nutrients are distributed via water. Hydroculture is aquatic horticulture. Hydroponics – subset of hydroculture and is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil. Permaculture – branch of ecological design and ecological engineering, which develop sustainable human settlements and self-maintained agricultural systems modeled from natural ecosystems. Architecture – process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Architectural engineering – application of engineering principles and technology to building design and construction. Building science – collection of scientific knowledge that focuses on the analysis and control of the physical phenomena affecting buildings. Computing technology (outline) – computer hardware and software, and computing methods. Education – any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense, education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills, and values from one generation to another. Electronics – branch of physics, engineering and technology dealing with electrical circuits that involve active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies. Energy technology (outline) – interdisciplinary engineering science having to do with the efficient, safe, environmentally friendly and economical extraction, conversion, transportation, storage and use of energy, targeted towards yielding high efficiency whilst skirting side effects on humans, nature and the environment. Energy storage (outline) – accomplished by devices or physical media that store some form of energy to perform some useful operation at a later time. A device that stores energy is sometimes called an accumulator. Engineering (outline) – discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of people. Aerospace engineering – Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and science of aircraft and spacecraft. It is divided into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. The former deals with craft that stay within Earth's atmosphere, and the latter with craft that operate outside it. Agricultural engineering – engineering discipline that applies engineering science and technology to agricultural production and processing. Agricultural science – broad multidisciplinary field that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. Applied engineering – field concerned with the application of management, design, and technical skills for the design and integration of systems, the execution of new product designs, the improvement of manufacturing processes, and the management and direction of physical and/or technical functions of a firm or organization. Bioengineering – application of concepts and methods of biology (and secondarily of physics, chemistry, mathematics, and computer science) to solve real-world problems related to the life sciences and/or the application thereof, using engineering's own analytical and synthetic methodologies and also its traditional sensitivity to the cost and practicality of the solution(s) arrived at. Biomedical engineering – application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology. Chemical engineering – application of physical science (e.g., chemistry and physics), and life sciences (e.g., biology, microbiology and biochemistry) with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms. Civil engineering – deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings. Civil engineering has many sub-disciplines. Computer engineering – design and development of computer systems
Artificial intelligence (outline) – intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it. Electrical engineering – field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. Engineering technology (outline) – development and implementation of existing technology within a field of engineering. Environmental engineering science – multidisciplinary field of engineering science that combines the biological, chemical and physical sciences with the field of engineering. Industrial engineering – branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems
Control engineering – engineering discipline that applies control theory to design systems with desired behaviors. Manufacturing engineering – engineering discipline of creating quality products from raw materials in the most efficient way possible. Ceramic engineering – science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials.