information science

noun

: the collection, classification, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of recorded knowledge treated both as a pure and as an applied science

Examples of information science in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In 2022, the U.K. government bought its first quantum computer, and the U.S. assigned $293 million in its 2022 budget for quantum information sciences (QIS). Damian Scalerandi, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024 His 2016 bachelor’s degree in geography and geographical information sciences from George Mason University took him seven years to complete. Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023 Ryan Calo, a professor of law and information science at the University of Washington, says proposals to ban TikTok would infringe on the First Amendment by not allowing people to speak or listen to content. Meg Kinnard, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2023 Karine Nahon, a professor of information science at Israel’s Reichman University, started a civilian war room of cyber experts to try to locate missing people in the hours after the October 7 attack. WIRED, 28 Oct. 2023 In computer and information sciences, the most common field for AI researchers, 71% of full-time graduate students at U.S. universities are international students. Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 16 July 2023 Three teach in the management and information sciences department and two teach in the accounting and finance department. Katherine Oung, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2023 Even now, women make up a very small percentage of all the people getting a bachelor’s in engineering, computer and information sciences. Gerry Poirier, Forbes, 17 July 2023 This is what Maurice Jakesch, a doctoral student of information science at Cornell University, wanted to find out. Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 26 May 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of information science was in 1955

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“Information science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/information%20science. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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