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

And though attacks against telecom providers are not unusual, this kind of brute force method is almost unheard of, said Butler, a professor of computer and information science and engineering at the University of Florida. —N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025

Beckett is about to graduate from CU with a degree in information sciences. —Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025

Jennifer Stromer-Galley, a professor of information science at Syracuse University, said people should keep that in mind. —Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Patrick Traynor, a professor in the department of computer and information science and engineering at the University of Florida, said there’s no clear evidence that AI was used to make the new report, which does not have any citations. —Aria Bendix, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for information science

• appliance
• compliance
• defiance
• reliance
• geoscience
• neuroscience
• noncompliance
• pseudoscience