Phrase guide

information science

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A broad and interdisciplinary science that deals with the gathering, classification, storage, manipulation, retrieval and analysis of information as an organized resource.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: applied science

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: information studies

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: informatics, information processing, IP

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: science, scientific discipline

Narrower terms: natural language processing, NLP, human language technology, cybernetics

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: علم المعلومات — science
  • Chinese Mandarin: 信息科學 /信息科学 (xìnxī kēxué) — science
  • Chinese Mandarin: 信息學 /信息学 (xìnxīxué) — science
  • Chinese Mandarin: 情報學 /情报学 (qíngbàoxué) — science
  • Chinese Mandarin: 資訊科學 /资讯科学 (zīxùn kēxué) — science
  • Chinese Mandarin: 資訊學 /资讯学 (zīxùnxué) — science
  • Czech: informační věda — science
  • Danish: informationsvidenskab — science
  • Esperanto: informatiko — science
  • Esperanto: inform-scienco — science
  • Finnish: informaatiotiede — science
  • Finnish: informaatiotutkimus — science
  • French: sciences de l'information — science
  • Georgian: საინფორმაციო მეცნიერება (sainpormacio mecniereba) — science
  • German: Informationswissenschaft — science
  • Greek: πληροφορική (pliroforikí) — science
  • Hungarian: információtudomány — science
  • Hungarian: informatika — science
  • Indonesian: ilmu informasi — science
  • Japanese: 情報科学 — science
  • Khmer: វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រពត៌មាន (vi tyea sas poar rak mean) — science
  • Malay: sains maklumat — science
  • Persian: علوم اطلاعرسانی — science
  • Persian: علوم اطلاعات — science
  • Polish: informacja naukowa — science
  • Portuguese: ciência da informação — science
  • Romanian: știința informației — science
  • Russian: информацио́нная нау́ка (informaciónnaja naúka) — science
  • Spanish: ciencias de la información — science
  • Swedish: informationsvetenskap — science
  • Thai: วิทยาการสารสนเทศ — science
  • Turkish: bilgi bilimi — science