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'''Informatics''' includes the science of information, the practice of information processing, and the engineering of information systems. Informatics studies the structure, behavior, and interactions of natural and artificial systems that store, process and communicate information. It also develops its own conceptual and theoretical foundations. Since computers, individuals and organizations all process information, informatics has [[computational]], [[cognitive]] and social aspects, including study of the social impact of information technologies.

'''Informatics''' includes the science of information, the practice of information processing, and the engineering of information systems. Informatics studies the structure, behavior, and interactions of natural and artificial systems that store, process and communicate information. It also develops its own conceptual and theoretical foundations. Since computers, individuals and organizations all process information, informatics has [[computational]], [[cognitive]] and social aspects, including study of the social impact of information technologies.

In 1957 the German computer scientist [[Karl Steinbuch]] published a paper called Informatik: Automatische Informationsverarbeitung (i.e. "Informatics: automatic information processing"). Informatics is commonly misunderstood to be the same as computer science. But Informatics is theoretically oriented contrary to computer science and therefore is more oriented towards mathematics than [[computer science]].

In 1957 the German computer scientist [[Karl Steinbuch]] published a paper called Informatik: Automatische Informationsverarbeitung (i.e. "Informatics: automatic information processing"). Informatics is commonly misunderstood to be the same as computer science. But Informatics is theoretically oriented contrary to computer science and therefore is more oriented towards mathematics than [[computer science]].