Informatics (disambiguation)
# Informatics (disambiguation)

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

## 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
