Data-intensive branch of engineering

• The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information [syn: information science , information processing , IP ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1967, translating Russian informatika (1966), from information ; also see -ics .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Informatics , broad academic field encompassing information management and computing technologies, including applications in science, social science, and the arts Informatics also refers to: Computing , any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context computing English) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing and particularly as respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.