information science

English

Pronunciation

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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.

   Synonym: information studies

   Hyponyms: quantum information science, geographic information science, library and 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 (fr) f
• Georgian: საინფორმაციო მეცნიერება (sainpormacio mecniereba)
• German: Informationswissenschaft f
• Greek: πληροφορική (el) f (pliroforikí)
• Hungarian: információtudomány, informatika (hu)
• Indonesian: ilmu informasi
• Japanese: 情報科学 (ja)
• Khmer: វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រពត៌មាន (vi tyea sas poar rak mean)
• Malay: sains maklumat
• Persian: علوم اطلاع‌رسانی, علوم اطلاعات
• Polish: informacja naukowa f
• 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
• Thai: วิทยาการสารสนเทศ
• Turkish: bilgi bilimi (tr)

Further reading

• information science on Wikipedia.Wikipedia