informatics(n = noun.cognition) information processing, information science, ip - the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information;
is a kind of science, scientific discipline
has parts: computer science, computing
has particulars: human language technology, natural language processing, nlp, cybernetics

informatics, n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) the science of processing data for storage and retrieval; information science.

Etymology:
transl. Russ. informatika (as INFORMATION, -ICS)