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Informatics (disambiguation)


Informatics (disambiguation)


Informatics is the study of the structure, behaviour, and interactions of natural and engineered computational systems.

Informatics may refer to:

  • Computer science, the scientific study of algorithms, information and computation
  • Computing, any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computers
  • Computer engineering (called technical informatics), the creating of computing hardware
  • Information science, an interdisciplinary study of information
  • Data science, the field related to data analysis and data engineering
  • Information technology, the study, design, development, implementation, support, or management of computer-based information systems,
  • Cognitive science, study of information processing in natural systems (called 'cognitive informatics')
  • Computational science, solving computational problems in natural sciences
  • Information engineering
  • Engineering informatics (not to be confused with informatics engineering, Southern European term)
  • Library science

Other uses

  • Informatics General, previously Informatics, Inc., leading independent software company 1962-1985
  • Informatics Europe, an association for European PhD-granting computer and information science departments
  • Informatics for Consumer Health, a U.S. governmental health body
  • Informatics Corporation of America, a U.S. healthcare information company
  • Informatics Forum, major building at University of Edinburgh
  • Informatics.nic.in, a quarterly e-Governance publication
  • Informatics Institute of Technology, educational entity in Sri Lanka
  • Informatics Philippines, an educational institution

See also

  • Informetrics
  • Info-metrics

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