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/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.tik/
Translation
computing, computer science, IT
Word origin
A French coinage from 1962, blending information and automatique. The word was later borrowed into English as informatics.
- Origin
- Modern French coinage
- Root
- information + automatique
- English cognates
- informatics
Grammar
Examples
l' l'.
She is studying computer science at university.
l' .
He has worked in IT for five years.
.
My brother is very good at computing.
is a mass noun naming the field or discipline (computing, computer science, IT), not a countable "computer" - that is ordinateur. It is also used as an invariable adjective (un système informatique, a computer system), but this page covers the noun.
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