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[[File:Informatics Forum - geograph.org.uk - 990363.jpg|thumb|right|200px|alt=Informatics Forum|[[Informatics Forum]], completed in 2008. It houses researchers of the University of Edinburgh's [[University of Edinburgh School of Informatics|School of Informatics]].]]

In some countries, depending on local interpretations and contexts, the term "informatics" is used synonymously to mean [[information system]]s, [[information science]], [[information theory]], [[information engineering]], [[information technology]], information processing, [https://sci.must.ac.ke/ computing informatics], or other theoretical or practical fields. In Germany, the term ''informatics'' closely corresponds to modern computer science. Accordingly, universities in [[continental Europe]] usually translate "informatics" as [[computer science]], or sometimes [[information and computer science]], although [[technical universities]] may translate it as [[computer science & engineering]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Computer Science and Computer Engineering {{!}} Hochschule Osnabrück|url=https://www.hs-osnabrueck.de/en/study/study-offerings/bachelor/computer-science-and-computer-engineering/|access-date=2020-08-31|website=www.hs-osnabrueck.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Informatik – Technische Informatik (B.Sc.) {{!}} Hochschule Osnabrück|url=https://www.hs-osnabrueck.de/studium/studienangebot/bachelor/informatik-technische-informatik-bsc/|access-date=2020-08-31|website=www.hs-osnabrueck.de}}</ref>

In the [[United States]], however, the term ''informatics'' is mostly used in context of [[data science]], [[library science]]<ref name="Wellisch 157–187"/> or its applications in [[healthcare]] ([[health informatics]]),<ref>{{Cite web|title=What is Informatics? USF Health|url=https://www.usfhealthonline.com/resources/key-concepts/informatics-defined/|access-date=2020-08-20|website=www.usfhealthonline.com|date=16 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Informatics Major|url=https://ischool.uw.edu/programs/informatics|access-date=2020-08-20|website=ischool.uw.edu|language=en}}</ref> where it first appeared in the US.