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information science

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

Noun

information science (countable and uncountable, plural information sciences)

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

information science meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

information science in Tamil

தகவல் அறிவியல்

information science in Arabic

science
علم المعلومات

information science in Malay

science
sains maklumat

information science in Indonesian

science
ilmu informasi
More languagesFewer languages
information science in Persian
علوم اطلاعرسانی, علوم اطلاعات
information science in Thai
วิทยาการสารสนเทศ

Synonyms of information science

Forms of information science

pluralinformation sciences

Questions about information science

What does information science mean?
Information science means a broad and interdisciplinary science that deals with the gathering, classification, storage, manipulation, retrieval and analysis of information as an organized resource.
What is information science in Tamil?
Information science in Tamil is தகவல் அறிவியல். See Information science meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is information science?
Information science is a noun.
What is the plural of information science?
The plural of information science is information sciences.

Words near information science in the dictionary

  1. information processing
  2. information radiator
  3. information retrieval
  4. information scent
  5. information scents
  6. information science
  7. information sciences
  8. information security
  9. information silo
  10. information silos
  11. information societies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: information science (page history and authors); information science (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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