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 National Association of Colleges and Employers analyzed the starting salaries for the class of 2022 and found that those who had a master’s degree in computer and information sciences enjoyed an average starting salary of $105,894. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024 There's not a lot of research on how nonwhite people express mental illness through language, and most machine learning algorithms are trained on white people, said Sunny Rai, a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Pennsylvania’s department of computer and information science. Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024 More than 70% of the full-time graduate students in electrical engineering and computer and information sciences at U.S. universities are international students. Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 Underscoring the importance of majors, the top-earning UCLA degree was computer and information sciences. Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for information science 

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 8 Dec. 2024.

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