In accounting terms, an intangible asset is something of value that is not of physical nature. On the other hand, property, plant and equipment (PPE) are just as the name suggests. PPE refers to physical long-term assets, such equipment that is vital to a company's operations and has a definite physical component.
Texas A & M University-College Station offers 4 Computer Science Degree programs. It's a large public university in a small city. In 2015, 176 students graduated in the study area of Computer Science with students earning 103 Bachelor's degrees, 67 Master's degrees, and 6 Doctoral degrees.
MS, Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceMS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Earned a Master's Degree in 1992 and continued for a year of work on my PhD, never completed. Advisor was Michael Stonebraker. My area of research was database management systems. I was a key developer on the Postgres project during my undergraduate and graduate years. Left the PhD program to join Illustra Information Technologies, the first commercialization of Postgres, in May of 1993.