informatics

== English == === Etymology === Coined 1967 from information +‎ -ics; possibly influenced by automation and automatic. German Informatik dates from 1957, French informatique from 1962. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnfəˈmætɪks/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪnfəɹˈmætɪks/, [ˌɪnfɚˈmæɾɪks] Hyphenation: in‧for‧mat‧ics Rhymes: -ætɪks === Noun === informatics (uncountable) Synonym of computer science. (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. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== informatic ==== Translations ==== === References ===