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Synonyms

informatics

American  
[in-fer-mat-iks] / ˌɪn fərˈmæt ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. the study of information processing; computer science.


informatics British  
/ ˌɪnfəˈmætɪks /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of informatics

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

Example Sentences

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He’s a UC Irvine informatics professor who has been a die-hard White Sox fan ever since winning free tickets as a kid to a game at the old Comiskey.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2024

"By extracting and analyzing the nanoscale regions through polycrystalline materials informatics, which combines experiment, theory, and AI, we made this clarification of phenomena in complex polycrystalline materials possible for the first time," Usami continued.

From Science Daily Dec. 20, 2023

“It helps me fill in the blanks,” says Pritsky, a graduate student in biomedical informatics at Stanford University.

From Scientific American Oct. 10, 2023

“If the process was transparent to begin with, it would be put everyone in the same playing field,” said Harper, who is about to begin his junior year studying informatics.

From Seattle Times Sep. 27, 2023

After graduating last spring, Ms. Abrams enrolled in a Ph.D. program in informatics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

From New York Times Jun. 21, 2023

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