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See also: informàtics
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined 1967[1] from information + -ics; possibly influenced by automation and automatic. German Informatik dates from 1957, French informatique from 1962.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnfəˈmætɪks/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪnfəɹˈmætɪks/, [ˌɪnfɚˈmæɾɪks]
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: in‧for‧mat‧ics
- Rhymes: -ætɪks
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
branch of information science
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References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “informatics”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.