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social science subjects > library and information science > information science > computer science > informatics
social science subjects > library and information science > information science > informatics

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informatics  

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  • The term informatics has been used in a number of ways since the 1960s. In Northern Europe, academic departments of informatics cover a range of topics that are similar to those covered in the academic departments of computer science and information systems in the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning; Informatics]

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