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1. Look up in a dictionary the meanings of the following words:

*Informatics: the sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving *Computer: and A classifying machine recorded can information be [syn: to information manipulate science, symbols. information processing, IP]. that programmed Computers can perform complex and repetitive procedures quickly, precisely and reliably and can quickly store and retrieve large amounts of data. (Hardware). *Computing: the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures [syn: computer science]. [Fantasdic 1.0-beta7]

2. Find information about:

*Informatics: encompassing Informatics (academic interaction, field), a broad academic field human-computer information science, information

technology, algorithms, and social science. *Computer science/sciences: Computer science or computing science

(abbreviated CS) is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems. Computer scientists invent algorithmic processes that create, describe, and transform information and formulate suitable abstractions to model complex systems. *Information dissemination of technology: vocal, (IT) of Is the acquisition, and and processing, storage by and a The

pictorial,

textual

numerical

information

microelectronics-based

combination

computing

telecommunications.

term in its modern sense first appeared in a 1958 article published in the Harvard Business Review, in which authors Leavitt and Whisler commented that technology(IT). [WIKIPEDIA, The Free Encyclopedia] "the new technology does not yet have a single established name. We shall call it information

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Similarities
All definitions are connected with sciences, study, etc of some branch that These words' definitions include a computer's functions. They are all Also related to technology. Computer science and Information Technology, mention algorithms.

analyzes the information processing.

Differences
Informatics is an academic area. Computer science is a science properly speaking. (Specific). Information Technology is referred to the technology itself. Informatics also includes social science. Computer science studies theoretical foundations. The basis of Information Technology include computing and

telecommunications.

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