informatics

(ĭn'fər-măt'ĭks)
n. Chiefly British (used with a sing. verb)
Information science.

[INFORMAT(ION) + -ICS.]

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A synonym for information technology (IT), which is an umbrella term for "information management" and "computer science." The term is more widely used in Canada, Europe and countries other than the U.S. See IT, information management and computer science.

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1. the science concerned with the structure and properties of scientific information, its theory, history, methodology, and organization.
2. the application of computational and statistical techniques to the management and analysis of information. For example, bioinformatics relates to the management and analysis of biological information; medical informatics to medical information; neuroinformatics to neurobiological data; and chemoinformatics to chemical entities.

—informatical adj.; informatician n.

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Information management; the technology of information storage, retrieval and transmission. Includes on-line access to and editing of data bases, facsimile transmission, optical reading and word processing. The application of electronics to information management has greatly expanded the opportunities for dealing with large amounts of data for research, clinical records, herd health programs and accounting for veterinarians.

For a list of words related to informatics, see:

• General Technology - informatics: computer science and the study of information processing

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See words rhyming with "informatics."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - informatik

Nederlands (Dutch)
informatica

Français (French)
n. - informatique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Informatik

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - πληροφορική, επιστήμη της πληροφορικής

Italiano (Italian)
informatica

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - informática (f)

Русский (Russian)
информатика

Español (Spanish)
n. - informática

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - informatik, informationsteknik

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
信息学

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 資訊學
n. - 資訊學

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 정보 과학
n. - 정보과학

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 情報科学

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) المعلوماتيه, علم المعلومات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיטה מדעית הבוחנת את מבנה ומאפייני המידע המדעי, מדע המידע - עיבוד איחסון ואיחזור נתונים‬

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