Informatics


[in-fer-mat-iks] /ˌɪn fərˈmæt ɪks/

noun, (used with a singular verb)
1.
the study of information processing; computer science.
/ˌɪnfəˈmætɪks/
noun
1.
(functioning as sing) another term for information science
n.

1967, translating Russian informatika (1966), from information; also see -ics.

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