Informatics

This article is about the discipline. For other uses, see Informatics (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Library science or Information technology.

Informatics (a combination of the words "information" and "automatic") is the study of computational systems.[1][2] According to the ACM Europe Council and Informatics Europe, informatics is synonymous with computer science and computing as a profession,[3] in which the central notion is transformation of information.[1][4] In some cases, the term "informatics" may also be used with different meanings, e.g. in the context of social computing,[5] or in context of library science.[6]

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  2. ^ "INFORMATICS | Bedeutung im Cambridge Englisch Wörterbuch". dictionary.cambridge.org (in German).
  3. ^ "Are We All In The Same Boat? ACM & Informatics Europe" (PDF).
  4. ^ "What is Informatics? - Definition from Techopedia". Techopedia.com. October 2014.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Wellisch, Hans (1972-07-01). "From Information Science to Informatics: a terminological investigation". Journal of Librarianship. 4 (3): 157–187. doi:10.1177/096100067200400302. ISSN 0022-2232. S2CID 62708018.