English > information science: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | The sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information. |
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| Synonyms | informatics, information processing, IP |
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| Category of | queue | (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted |
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| Parts | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | computación, informática, IP |
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| Catalan | informàtica, IP |
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