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Definition: Informatics |
InformaticsNoun1. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Public Administration | Progressive integration of textual data, image and voice, including office equipments, and supported by a telecommunications network(telematics). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: InformaticsSynonyms: information processing (n), information science (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Informatics |
| Specialty definitions using "informatics": Advanced Informatics in Medicine in Europe ♦ British Library Method ♦ distributed informatics ♦ ERCIM, Experimental Physics Control Systems ♦ IFAC, Informatics Corporation, information storage and retrieval, International Olympiad in Informatics, IOI ♦ Loglan-88 ♦ Medical Informatics, Medical Informatics Applications, Medical Informatics Computing ♦ Perfect InterNetworking Solutions, portable isotopic neutron spectroscopy ♦ right of complaint, right to challenge. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Beaconhouse Informatics, is a subsidiary of Informatics International, Singapore. (references) | |
The institutions in charge of telecommunication regulation in Lithuania are the Department of Information and Informatics (DII), the National Regulatory Agency (RA), the State Radio Administration Authority, the State Competition and Consumer Protection Office and the Permanent Information Society Commission. (references) | ||
The Department of Information and Informatics, acting under the Ministry of Public Administration Reforms and Local Authorities, drafted an Information Society Development Program for Lithuania in December 1999. The program specifies the priorities of the Lithuanian IT development and an implementation plan for reaching short and long-term goals. (references) | ||
Economic History | Barbados | Services: (76 % of GDP) Tourism, banking and other financial services, Informatics (data processing). (references) |
Barbados | This is expected to have a direct and positive impact on the financial and informatics sectors of the economy. (references) | |
Jamaica | Recently, the Kingston Free Zone developed an Informatics Park in Portmore (southwest of Kingston) focusing on information technology. (references) | |
Political Economy | BRAZIL | Law 8666 of 1993, covering most government procurement other than informatics and telecommunications, requires nondiscriminatory treatment for all bidders, regardless of the nationality or origin of product or service. (references) |
BRAZIL | Decree 1070 of March 1994, which regulates the procurement of informatics and telecommunications goods and services, requires federal agencies and parastatal entities to give preference to locally produced computer products based on a complicated and nontransparent price/technology matrix. (references) | |
Trade | Brazil | Brazilian restrictions on the informatics sector no longer apply to the Manaus Trade Zone. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Informatics" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Informatics" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (plural) | 29.41% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 20.59% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 34 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Singapore | Informatics Holdings Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "informatics": Advanced Informatics in Medicine in Europe ♦ distributed informatics ♦ informatics Corporation ♦ international Olympiad in Informatics ♦ Medical Informatics ♦ Medical Informatics Applications ♦ Medical Informatics Computing. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "informatics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 信息学. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Edb (electronic data processing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Informatica (automatic data processing, computing), computerleer (computer science). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | informatique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | informatik (automatic data processing, computer science, computing, information and documentation science, information science, information technology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Κοινοτικό πρόγραμμα στον τομέα της εφαρμογής της πληροφορικής και των τηλεπικοινωνιών στις οδικές μεταφορές (Community programme in the field of road transport informatics and telecommunications(D edicated R oad I nfrastructure for V ehicle Safety in E urope)), πληροφορική ενσωματωμένη στο όχημα (on-board informatics of automobiles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | informatica (computer science, computing, information and documentation science, information science). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 情 学 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じょうほうがく. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | informaticsay Informática (automatic data processing, computers, data processing). (various references) информатика (computer science). (various references) informática (automatic data processing, computer science, computing, i.t.). (various references) informatik (information and documentation science, information science). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Informatics" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: infomatics, informagic, informate, informati, informatic, informatica. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "informatics" (pronounced i'nferma"tiks or i'nfô"rma"tiks) |
| 6 | -m a" t i k s | automatics, charismatics, mathematics, numismatics, systematics. |
| 5 | -a" t i k s | acrobatics, aerobatics, attics, batiks, fanatics. |
| 4 | -t i k s | acoustics, aeronautics, aesthetics, analytics, anesthetics, antibiotics, antics, asthmatics, astronautics, athletics, ballistics, characteristics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, exotics, genetics, geopolitics, gymnastics, hypnotics, kinetics, linguistics, logistics, Magnetics, mystics, narcotics, onomastics, optics, orthodontics, phonetics, plastics, prosthetics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, statistics, synthetics, tactics, therapeutics, thermoplastics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acrylics, aerobics, aerodynamics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, anorexics, apparatchiks, appendix, astrophysics, atmospherics, avionics, basics, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cynics, demographics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, fabrics, forensics, generics, geometrics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hysterics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, limericks, lyrics, macroeconomics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, Nucleonics, obstetrics, onyx, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, polemics, prefix, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, stoics, suffix, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics. |
| 6 | -m a" t i k s | automatics, charismatics, mathematics, numismatics, systematics. |
| 5 | -a" t i k s | acrobatics, aerobatics, attics, batiks, fanatics. |
| 4 | -t i k s | acoustics, aeronautics, aesthetics, analytics, anesthetics, antibiotics, antics, asthmatics, astronautics, athletics, ballistics, characteristics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, exotics, genetics, geopolitics, gymnastics, hypnotics, kinetics, linguistics, logistics, Magnetics, mystics, narcotics, onomastics, optics, orthodontics, phonetics, plastics, prosthetics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, statistics, synthetics, tactics, therapeutics, thermoplastics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acrylics, aerobics, aerodynamics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, anorexics, apparatchiks, appendix, astrophysics, atmospherics, avionics, basics, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cynics, demographics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, fabrics, forensics, generics, geometrics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hysterics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, limericks, lyrics, macroeconomics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, Nucleonics, obstetrics, onyx, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, polemics, prefix, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, stoics, suffix, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-i-i-m-n-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: morticians. | |
-2 letters: amoristic, fractions, frictions, mortician, romantics. | |
-3 letters: acrotism, actinism, amniotic, aoristic, carotins, confirms, factions, fictions, formants, fraction, friction, infarcts, infracts, iotacism, martinis, minicars, minorcas, mistrain, monastic, monistic, morainic, nomistic, romantic, scimitar, simoniac, trisomic. | |
-4 letters: aciform, actions, amorini, amorist, animist, anosmic, aroints, atomics, atonics, camions, cantors, carotin, cartons, cations, cistron, citrins, citrons, comfits, comitia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-i-i-m-n-o-r-s-t" | |
+2 letters: confirmations, ramifications. | |
+3 letters: microfilaments, mortifications. | |
+4 letters: reconfirmations. | |
+5 letters: confirmabilities, premodifications. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 63 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. ..-. --- .-. -- .- - .. -.-. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n f o r m a t i c s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0066 006F 0072 006D 0061 0074 0069 0063 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4380728184796786756985 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Company Usage 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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