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Since the late 1960s, computer science has been an important topic of study in all major universities around the world. This subject has its origin in the pure technological areas of computer engineering (‘computer science’), computer mathematics (‘computing science’) and numerical analysis, etc. Informatics, with its roots in computer science is a concatenation of the words information and technology. Enjoying features of both, it sits between science and technology and has a broad interface to neighbouring areas such as those shown in Figure 8:1.
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© 1996 Lars Skyttner
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Skyttner, L. (1996). Informatics. In: General Systems Theory. Information Systems Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13532-5_8
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