Informatics is the science of information, the practice of information processing , and the engineering of information systems. Informatics studies the structure , algorithms , behavior , and interactions of natural and artificial systems that store, process, access and communicate information. It develops its own conceptual and theoretical foundations and utilizes foundations developed in other fields . since the advent of computers, individuals and organizations increasingly process information digitally. This has led to the study of informatics that has computational , cognitive and social aspects , including study of the social impact of information technologies.
History
This new term was adopted across Western Europe, and , except in English , developed a meaning roughly translated by the English as computer science, or computing science. Mikhailov et al. advocated the Russian term informatika (1966) , and the English informatics (1967) m as names for the theory of scientific information ,and argued for a broader meaning , including study of the use of information technology in various communities and of the interaction of technology and human organizational structures.
Informatics is the discipline of science which investigates the structure and properties (not specific content) of scientific information , as well as the regularities of scientific information activity, its theory, history , methodology and organization.
Usage has since modified this definition in three ways . first, the restriction to scientific information is removed, as in business informatics or legal informatics .
Second, since most information is now digitally stored, computation is now central to informatics . third, the representation, processing and communication of information are added as objects of investigation , since they have been recognized as fundamental to any scientific account of information . taking information as the central focus of study, then distinguishes informatics , which includes study of biological and social mechanisms of in
