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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
Topics referred to by the same term