"information science" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: information sciences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} information science (countable and uncountable, plural information sciences)
  1. (applied science) A broad and interdisciplinary science that deals with the gathering, classification, storage, manipulation, retrieval and analysis of information as an organized resource. Wikipedia link: information science Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Information science Synonyms: information studies Hyponyms: geographic information science, library and information science, quantum information science Related terms: computer science, informatics, information theory, library science Translations (science): علم المعلومات [masculine] (Arabic), 信息科學 (Chinese Mandarin), 信息科学 (xìnxī kēxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 信息學 (Chinese Mandarin), 信息学 (xìnxīxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 情報學 (Chinese Mandarin), 情报学 (qíngbàoxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 資訊科學 (Chinese Mandarin), 资讯科学 (zīxùn kēxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 資訊學 (Chinese Mandarin), 资讯学 (zīxùnxué) (Chinese Mandarin), informační věda [feminine] (Czech), informationsvidenskab [common-gender] (Danish), informatiko (Esperanto), inform-scienco (Esperanto), informaatiotiede (Finnish), informaatiotutkimus (Finnish), sciences de l’information [feminine] (French), საინფორმაციო მეცნიერება (sainpormacio mecniereba) (Georgian), Informationswissenschaft [feminine] (German), πληροφορική (pliroforikí) [feminine] (Greek), információtudomány (Hungarian), informatika (Hungarian), 情報科学 (Japanese), វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រពត៌មាន (vi tyea sas poar rak mean) (Khmer), علوم اطلاعرسانی (Persian), علوم اطلاعات (Persian), ciência da informação [feminine] (Portuguese), știința informației [feminine] (Romanian), информацио́нная нау́ка (informaciónnaja naúka) [feminine] (Russian), ciencias de la información [feminine, plural] (Spanish), informationsvetenskap [common-gender] (Swedish), bilgi bilimi (Turkish)

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