informatics (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *informatics*:
NOUN	cognition	informatics, information science, information processing, IP	the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information

informatics > pronunciation
Sounds	ihnfao'rmae'tihks; ih.nfermae'tihks
Rhymes	acoustics ... UNIX: 110 rhymes with ihks...

English > *informatics*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	The sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information.
Synonyms	information science, information processing, IP
Category of	queue	(information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
Parts	computer science, computing	The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
Narrower	cybernetics	(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
Narrower	natural language processing, NLP, human language technology	The branch of information science that deals with natural language information
Broader	science, scientific discipline	A particular branch of scientific knowledge
Spanish	computación, informática, IP
Catalan	informàtica, IP

HyperDic: informatics