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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

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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

"We aren't yet sure," said co-author Robert Guralnick, curator of biodiversity informatics at the Florida Museum of Natural History.

From Science Daily Mar. 25, 2024

The informatics department, for example, doesn’t grade on grammar in students’ applications, something that isn’t obvious from what the university shares online.

From Seattle Times Sep. 27, 2023

“If you lose your phone, and it’s a perfectly normal Tuesday..., you’re really in a bad way, right?” says Leysia Palen, a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, who studies disaster informatics.

From Scientific American Sep. 11, 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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