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

International students account for 71% of the full-time graduate students in computer and information sciences and 73% of the full-time graduate students in electrical and computer engineering at U.S. universities and are prominent in work on artificial intelligence. —Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 22 May 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

By comparison, the United States produces far fewer graduates (around 4.1 million overall in 2022), with only 112,000 graduating with computer and information science degrees. —Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025

The former Bachelorette was an Alpha Chi Omega at the University of Alabama, and graduated in 2017 with a degree in communication and information sciences. —Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 10 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for information science

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