"informatics" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnfəˈmætɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɪnfəɹˈmætɪks/ [General-American], [ˌɪnfɚˈmæɾɪks] [General-American] Audio: En-us-informatics.ogg [General-American]
Etymology: Coined 1967 from information + -ics; possibly influenced by automation and automatic. German Informatik dates from 1957, French informatique from 1962. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|information|ics}} information + -ics, {{m|en|automation}} automation, {{m|en|automatic}} automatic, {{ncog|de|Informatik}} German Informatik, {{ncog|fr|informatique}} French informatique Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} informatics (uncountable)
  1. (computing) 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. Wikipedia link: informatics Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: informatic Translations (branch of information science): informàtica [feminine] (Catalan), 信息學 (Chinese Mandarin), 信息学 (xìnxīxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 資訊學 [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 资讯学 (zīxùnxué) (Chinese Mandarin), informatika [feminine] (Czech), informatica [feminine] (Dutch), informatiko [singular] (Esperanto), informatiikka (Finnish), science de l’information [feminine] (French), informatique [masculine] (French), Informatik [feminine] (German), πληροφορική (pliroforikí) [feminine] (Greek), informatika (Hungarian), információtechnológia (Hungarian), informatika (Indonesian), faisnéisíocht [feminine] (Irish), informatica [feminine] (Italian), 情報学 (jōhōgaku) (alt: じょうほうがく) (Japanese), ақпараттану (aqparattanu) (Kazakh), ақпаратнама (aqparatnama) (Kazakh), ពត៌មានវិទ្យា (poar rak mean vit tyea) (Khmer), билметануу (bilmetanuu) (Kyrgyz), мэдээлэл зүй (medeelel züj) (Mongolian), انفورماتیک (anformâtik) (Persian), informatyka [feminine] (Polish), informática [feminine] (Portuguese), informatică [feminine] (Romanian), информа́тика (informátika) [feminine] (Russian), informática [feminine] (Spanish), informatik [common-gender] (Swedish), bilişim (Turkish), інформа́тика (informátyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "jōhōgaku",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "word": "情報学"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aqparattanu",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "word": "ақпараттану"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aqparatnama",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "word": "ақпаратнама"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "poar rak mean vit tyea",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "word": "ពត៌មានវិទ្យា"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "bilmetanuu",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "word": "билметануу"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "medeelel züj",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "word": "мэдээлэл зүй"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "anformâtik",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "word": "انفورماتیک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "informatyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "informática"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "informatică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "informátika",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "информа́тика"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "informática"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "informatik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "word": "bilişim"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "informátyka",
      "sense": "branch of information science",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "інформа́тика"
    }
  ],
  "word": "informatics"
}

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