Informatics is the study of the structure, behaviour, and interactions of natural and engineered computational systems.
Informatics may refer to: Computer science, the scientific study of algorithms, information and computation Computing, any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computers Computer engineering (called technical informatics), the creating of computing hardware Information science, an interdisciplinary study of information Data science, the field related to data analysis and data engineering Information technology, the study, design, development, implementation, support, or management of computer-based information systems, Cognitive science, study of information processing in natural systems (called 'cognitive informatics') Computational science, solving computational problems in natural sciences Information engineering Engineering informatics (not to be confused with informatics engineering, Southern European term) Library science Informatics (band) electronic band from Melbourne, Australia formed in 1978
Other uses Informatics General, previously Informatics, Inc., leading independent software company 1962-1985 Informatics Europe, an association for European PhD-granting computer and information science departments Informatics for Consumer Health, a U.S. governmental health body Informatics Corporation of America, a U.S. healthcare information company Informatics Forum, major building at University of Edinburgh Informatics.nic.in, a quarterly e-Governance publication Informatics Institute of Technology, educational entity in Sri Lanka Informatics Philippines, an educational institution
See also Informetrics Info-metrics