Informaticle

An article containing "information" Usually comes from buzzfeed or some sort of "news" site.
The "information" contained usually comes from a fake source form the mid 90's

Hey what you readIng?
An informaticle, its not real news

Informaticle by FTMKISTHEMINDKILLER December 6, 2017

this is informative and unfortunate 

When a friend or a colleague does something utterly stupid and idiotic, and you have to hold them accountable, even if they're a friend.

It originates from a comment by Louis Rossmann on a video about the crappy communication style used by the then Graphene OS lead.

It's mainly used in the enthusiast tech sphere.

Linus: *incorrectly craps on and auctions a very expensive prototype that might bankrupt a small company*

Louis: This is informative and unfortunate.

this is informative and unfortunate by kquote August 15, 2023

Informative murder porn 

True crime shows used primarily by middle aged couples to get aroused. This phrase was coined by South Park in the season 17 episode of the same name.

Randy:"What is Minecraft, and how do you tame a horse in it?"
Stan:"You guys don't need to be watching that stuff."
Randy:"Oh come on! You can't block your parents from watching informative murder porn!"

Informative murder porn by Fractured but Whole October 24, 2017

Informatise 

Derived from the French word for "computerized," informatise is a blend of inform and advertise.

Informatise means to advise and educate about the helpful uses of a product or service in a way that is not propagandistic or mindless.

The process of informatisation aims to enhance the knowledge base of its target audience thereby enabling them to make more informed decisions.

Informatisation usually takes place through or with the aid of a technological medium such as a tablet PC like Apple's iPad or iPhone.

Using his iPad, the guest lecturer informatised the first year medical students about his company's latest product, which he believed would improve the quality of life of thousands of people.

Informatise by skijake1 April 24, 2011

informatics 

Some sort of watered down computer science rip-off. No one actually knows what it is, but everyone in academia likes to use the word.

That guy is majoring in Informatics, whatever that is.

informatics by John Stigall April 23, 2005

informatics 

A combined form of a number of computer-science disciplines. Like if you study a lot of different things in computer science, the course is known a an informatics cource.

who the hell really cares about informatics?

informatics by Gunkglumb June 13, 2005

Informatics 

An academic field, basically the same thing as computer science, it's a compound word of 'Information' and 'Mathematics'. Mostly used in europe.

Informatics cover a broad spread of topics, in general it is about data storage, procession and transmission. While it is a science on it's own, it can also be viewed as a meta science much like mathematics for the process of information gathering and processing taking place in all academic fields.

Has the advantage over the term "computer science" that people don't confuse it with learning how to operate a computer.

"So uh, you study computer science?"
"It's called Informatics!"
"What's the difference?"
"Not much really, just the fact that Informatics doesn't have all too much to do with computers- just like computer science."
"Huh?"
" 'Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.'

-- Edsger W. Dijkstra"

Informatics by Baal'Zebul March 14, 2011