Occupation or Discipline
informatics Audio
in·for·mat·ics [ in-fer-mat-iks ]
Subclass of:
Information Sciences
Definitions related to informatics (discipline):
  • (informatics) An occupational discipline which unites information science with computer science. It is concerned with the development of techniques for the collection and manipulation of data, and the use of such data.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (informatics) The field of information science concerned with the analysis and dissemination of data through the application of computers.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (informatics) The representation, processing, and development of information and information systems; has computational aspects; central notion is the transformation of information; includes the development in information technology, computer science, telematics, telecommunications, etc.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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