information science
noun
: the collection, classification, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of recorded knowledge treated both as a pure and as an applied science
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The computer, data and information sciences departments were previously scattered across campus.
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Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Popular majors include computer science, information science, biology, psychology and public health.
—Fiona Riley, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The agency faces a lethal 57 percent reduction to its $9-billion budget, with deep cuts to every program except those in President Trump’s priority areas, which include artificial intelligence and quantum information science.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
Women are also underrepresented in the STEM workforce and among degree recipients in engineering and computer and information sciences.
—Sharon Tettegah, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
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Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Popular majors include computer science, information science, biology, psychology and public health.
—Fiona Riley, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The agency faces a lethal 57 percent reduction to its $9-billion budget, with deep cuts to every program except those in President Trump’s priority areas, which include artificial intelligence and quantum information science.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 3 June 2025
Women are also underrepresented in the STEM workforce and among degree recipients in engineering and computer and information sciences.
—Sharon Tettegah, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for information science
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“Information science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/information%20science. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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