information science

English

Noun

information science (countable and uncountable, plural information sciences)

1. (applied science) A broad and interdisciplinary science that deals with the gathering, classification, storage, manipulation, retrieval and analysis of information as an organized resource.

Synonyms

• information studies

Hyponyms

• geographic information science
• library and information science
• quantum information science

 

Related terms

• computer science
• informatics
• information theory
• library science

 

Translations

science

• Arabic: علم المعلومات m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 信息科學／信息科学 (xìnxī kēxué), 信息學／信息学 (zh) (xìnxīxué), 情報學／情报学 (qíngbàoxué), 資訊科學／资讯科学 (zīxùn kēxué), 資訊學／资讯学 (zīxùnxué)

• Czech: informační věda f
• Danish: informationsvidenskab c
• Esperanto: informatiko, inform-scienco
• Finnish: informaatiotiede (fi), informaatiotutkimus (fi)
• French: sciences de l’information f
• Georgian: საინფორმაციო მეცნიერება (sainpormacio mecniereba)
• German: Informationswissenschaft f
• Greek: πληροφορική (el) f (pliroforikí)
• Hungarian: információtudomány, informatika (hu)
• Japanese: 情報科学 (ja)
• Khmer: វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រពត៌មាន (vi tyea sas poar rak mean)
• Persian: علوم اطلاع‌رسانی, علوم اطلاعات
• Portuguese: ciência da informação (pt) f
• Romanian: știința informației f
• Russian: информацио́нная нау́ка f (informaciónnaja naúka)
• Spanish: ciencias de la información f pl
• Swedish: informationsvetenskap c
• Turkish: bilgi bilimi (tr)