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[edit] Etymology
The term was coined by Catherine Wells, in her novelette, The Nechtanite and the Inforat, October 2000.
[edit] Acronym
inforat
- (computing) "Information Retrieval, Access, And Technology Specialist". A librarian of the future, at ease with electronic documents and data stores, who can provide the human intuition and personal contact which artificial intelligence programs are unable to.
