informatics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɪnfəˈmætɪks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˌɪnfɚˈmæɾɪks] (General-American)
- /ˌɪnfəɹˈmætɪks/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin fōrmō Latin īnfōrmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder. Middle English enformacioun English information Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English informatics Coined 1967 from information + -ics; possibly influenced by automation and automatic. German Informatik dates from 1957, French informatique from 1962.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Synonym of computer science.
- (uncountable) 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.
Deriveds
teleinformatics · informaticist · phyloinformatics · biblioinformatics · immunoinformatics · glycoinformatics · archaeoinformatics · geoinformatics · cheminformatics · astroinformatics · terminotics · chemoinformatics · pharmacoinformatics
Hyponyms
community informatics (Open compounds) · geomatics (Affixed forms and closed compounds) · legal informatics (Open compounds) · ecoinformatics (Affixed forms and closed compounds) · social informatics (Open compounds) · health informatics (Open compounds) · neuroinformatics (Affixed forms and closed compounds) · veterinary informatics (Open compounds) · lengthioinformatics (Affixed forms and closed compounds) · nursing informatics (Open compounds) · medical informatics (Open compounds) · nanoinformatics (Affixed forms and closed compounds) · bioinformatics (Affixed forms and closed compounds) · hydroinformatics (Affixed forms and closed compounds) · discovery informatics (Open compounds)
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Translations (65)
ar مَعْلُومَاتِيَّة (branch of information science) · ko 인포메틱스 (branch of information science) · hi सूचना विज्ञान (branch of information science) · hu informatika (branch of information science) · uk інформа́тика (branch of information science) · kk ақпараттану (branch of information science) · hu információtechnológia (branch of information science) · sk informatika (branch of information science) · nl informatica (branch of information science) · az informatika (branch of information science) · ky информатика (branch of information science) · ru информа́тика (branch of information science) · be інфарма́тыка (branch of information science) · ko 정보학 (branch of information science) · scn nfurmàtica (branch of information science) · eo informatiko (branch of information science) · kab tasenselkimt (branch of information science) · da informatik (branch of information science) · cs informatika (branch of information science) · id informatika (branch of information science) · tk informatika (branch of information science) · kk ақпаратнама (branch of information science) · nb informatikk (branch of information science) · hy ինֆորմատիկա (branch of information science) · sh informàtika (branch of information science) · cmn 信息學 /信息学 (branch of information science) · sq informatikë (branch of information science) · tr informatik (branch of information science) · ga faisnéisíocht (branch of information science) · tr bilişim (branch of information science) · kk информатика (branch of information science) · tt информатика (branch of information science) · sv informatik (branch of information science) · it informatica (branch of information science) · lv informātika (branch of information science) · nn informatikk (branch of information science) · fa-ira اَنْفورْماتیک (branch of information science) · pt informática (branch of information science) · vi tin học (branch of information science) · mk информатика (branch of information science) · et informaatika (branch of information science) · fi informatiikka (branch of information science) · ja 情報学 (branch of information science) · ka ინფორმატიკა (branch of information science) · cmn 情報學 /情报学 (branch of information science) · ur اِطِّلاعِیات (branch of information science) · pl informatyka (branch of information science) · lt informatika (branch of information science) · ky билметануу (branch of information science) · ja インフォマティクス (branch of information science) · uz informatika (branch of information science) · sl informatika (branch of information science) · ro informatică (branch of information science) · fr informatique (branch of information science) · bg информа́тика (branch of information science) · fr science de l'information (branch of information science) · cmn 資訊學 /资讯学 (branch of information science) · sh информа̀тика (branch of information science) · es informática (branch of information science) · tg информатика (branch of information science) · ca informàtica (branch of information science) · mn мэдээлэл зүй (branch of information science) · de Informatik (branch of information science) · el πληροφορική (branch of information science) · km ពត៌មានវិទ្យា (branch of information science)