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Tech/Engineering - Computers (general) | | German term or phrase: Informationstechnik | "Sie studieren vorzugsweise Informatik, Informationstechnik, Wirtschaftsinformatik oder einen ähnlichen Studiengang..."
I've been using "information technology" as the translation of "Informatik". Now they've come along with "Informationstechnik." Does anyone know what the difference is betweem "Informatik" and "Informationstechnik"? Have I been using the wrong term for Informatik? |
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| | information technology | Explanation:
Informatik is "computer science", although "informatics" is also quite common
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-03-19 20:54:18 GMT)
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Webster's also offers "information science" for "informatics", which it says is "chiefly British"
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ETH, for example, calls its Departement Informatik the "Department of Computer Science" http://www.inf.ethz.ch/index_DE
The Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik calls itself variously the MPI for Computer Science and MPI for Informatics
http://www.mpg.de/english/institutesProjectsFacilities/insti...
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Note added at 28 mins (2006-03-19 21:18:06 GMT)
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See also Wikipedia for an extensive explanation (with a corresponding article in English, calling it 'computer science') http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatik |
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Brie Vernier
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Local time: 01:32
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3 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 information technology
Explanation:
Informatik is "computer science", although "informatics" is also quite common
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-03-19 20:54:18 GMT)
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Webster's also offers "information science" for "informatics", which it says is "chiefly British"
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Note added at 15 mins (2006-03-19 21:04:09 GMT)
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ETH, for example, calls its Departement Informatik the "Department of Computer Science" http://www.inf.ethz.ch/index_DE
The Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik calls itself variously the MPI for Computer Science and MPI for Informatics
http://www.mpg.de/english/institutesProjectsFacilities/insti...
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Note added at 28 mins (2006-03-19 21:18:06 GMT)
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See also Wikipedia for an extensive explanation (with a corresponding article in English, calling it 'computer science') http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatik
| Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 01:32
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