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<p>Used as a compound, in conjunction with the name of a discipline, as in <em>medical informatics</em>, <em>bioinformatics</em>, etc., it denotes the specialization of informatics to the management and processing of data, information and knowledge in the named discipline, and the incorporation of informatic concepts and theories to enrich the other discipline; it has a similar relationship to library science.</p>
<p>Informatics is broader in scope than: information theory—the study of a particular mathematical concept of information; information science—a field primarily concerned with the collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information in human society; artificial intelligence—the study and engineering of intelligent behavior, learning, and adaptation, in machines; or computer science—the study of the storage, processing, and communication of information using engineered computing devices.</p>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Etymology</span></h2>
<li id="_note-1"><strong><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatics#_ref-1">^</a></strong> <a title="Oxford English Dictionary" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a> 1989 </li>
<li id="_note-2"><strong><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatics#_ref-2">^</a></strong> Mikhailov, A.I., Chernyl, A.I., and Gilyarevskii, R.S. (1966) "Informatika – novoe nazvanie teorii naučnoj informacii." <em>Naučno tehničeskaja informacija</em>, 12, pp. 35–39. </li>
<li id="_note-3"><strong><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatics#_ref-3">^</a></strong> For example, at <a class="external text" title="http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/" rel="nofollow">Sussex</a>, <a class="external text" title="http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow">City University</a>, <a class="external text" title="http://www.infc.ulst.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.infc.ulst.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow">Ulster</a>, <a class="external text" title="http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/home/index.php" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/home/index.php" rel="nofollow">Bradford</a>, <a class="external text" title="http://www.informatics.manchester.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.informatics.manchester.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow">Manchester</a> and <a class="external text" title="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iri/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/iri/" rel="nofollow">Newcastle</a> </li> <li id="_note-4"><strong><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatics#_ref-4">^</a></strong> <a class="external text" title="http://www.rae.ac.uk/pubs/2006/01/docs/f23.pdf" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rae.ac.uk/pubs/2006/01/docs/f23.pdf" rel="nofollow">UoA 23 Computer Science and Informatics, Panel working methods</a> </li>
<li id="_note-5"><strong><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatics#_ref-5">^</a></strong> Greenes, R.A. and Shortliffe, E.H. (1990) "Medical Informatics: An emerging discipline with academic and institutional perspectives." <em><a title="Journal of the American Medical Association" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_the_American_Medical_Association">Journal of the American Medical Association</a></em>, 263(8) pp. 1114–20. </li>
<li id="_note-6"><strong><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatics#_ref-6">^</a></strong> <a class="external free" title="http://www.priorartdatabase.com/IPCOM/000129939/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.priorartdatabase.com/IPCOM/000129939/" rel="nofollow">http://www.priorartdatabase.com/IPCOM/000129939/</a> </li> <li id="_note-7"><strong><a title="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatics#_ref-7">^</a></strong> <a class="external free" title="http://www.softwarehistory.org/history/informatics.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.softwarehistory.org/history/informatics.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.softwarehistory.org/history/informatics.html</a> </li>
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<li><a class="external text" title="http://www.answers.com/informatics&r=67" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.answers.com/informatics&r=67" rel="nofollow">Answers.com</a>: Alternate definitions of the word <em>informatics</em> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/publications/online/0139.pdf" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/publications/online/0139.pdf" rel="nofollow">informatics</a>: entry from International Encyclopedia of Information and Library Science </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.softwarehistory.org/history/Bauer1.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.softwarehistory.org/history/Bauer1.html" rel="nofollow">Software History Center</a>: First usage of <em>informatics</em> in the US </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.ischool.washington.edu/informatics/default.aspx" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ischool.washington.edu/informatics/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">University of Washington Informatics</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/overview/what_is_informatics.asp" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/overview/what_is_informatics.asp" rel="nofollow">Indiana University: What is Informatics?</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.softwarehistory.org/history/informatics.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.softwarehistory.org/history/informatics.html" rel="nofollow">Informatics, Inc</a> : founded 1962 </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/about/vision.html" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/about/vision.html" rel="nofollow">What is Informatics at Edinburgh?</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.ics.uci.edu/informatics/about/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ics.uci.edu/informatics/about/" rel="nofollow">What is Informatics at the University of California, Irvine?</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/informatics.shtml" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/informatics.shtml" rel="nofollow">What does <em>informatics</em> mean?</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.ics.uci.edu/informatics/qa/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ics.uci.edu/informatics/qa/" rel="nofollow">Q&A about informatics</a> </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.priorartdatabase.com/IPCOM/000129939/" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.priorartdatabase.com/IPCOM/000129939/" rel="nofollow">Prior Art Database</a>: Informatics: An Early Software Company </li> <li><a class="external text" title="http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/index.php?f=331" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/index.php?f=331" rel="nofollow">Forum</a> for Informatics and Computer Science students </li>
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