informatics

[ in-fer-mat-iks ]
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noun(used with a singular verb)
  1. the study of information processing; computer science.

Origin of informatics

1
Translation of Russian informátika (1966); see information, -ics

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British Dictionary definitions for informatics

informatics

/ (ˌɪnfəˈmætɪks) /


noun
  1. (functioning as singular) another term for information science

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