[in-fer-mat-iks] /ˌɪnfəˈmætɪks/

Noun ( used with a singular verb)
1. the study of information processing; computer science.

Informatics is the name given to the science of managing data and information: how it is collected; how it is processed; how it is stored; and how it can ultimately be analysed and exploited.

There are multiple sub-professions to this science, with more specialities emerging all the time. Informatics is rapidly evolving as the underlying technologies and systems themselves improve.