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Informatics

//ɪnfəˈmætɪks// noun

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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

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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