informatics
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See also: informàtics
English
Etymology
Coined 1967 from information + -ics; possibly influenced by automation and automatic. German Informatik dates from 1957, French informatique from 1962.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnfəˈmætɪks/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪnfəɹˈmætɪks/,
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: in‧for‧mat‧ics
- Rhymes: -ætɪks
Noun
informatics (uncountable)
- (computing) 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.
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Translations
branch of information science
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References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “informatics”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.