Informatics

//ɪnfəˈmætɪks// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of computer science. uncountable
  2. 2
    the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information wordnet
  3. 3
    A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data. uncountable

Synonyms

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computer scienceinformation processinginformation scienceinformation scienceip

Example

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"The building provides space for start-ups active in the fields of biotechnology, biomedicine, medical technology, engineering sciences, informatics, telematics and software engineering."

Etymology

Coined 1967 from information + -ics; possibly influenced by automation and automatic. German Informatik dates from 1957, French informatique from 1962.

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computer scienceinformation science

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