| informatics |
The system created by the convergence of computer nodes and tele-communication links into a network. Electronic superhighway is a metaphorical term for informatics. It has gone out of fashion but should be retained to remind us that informatics is the infrastructure of the information society just as the transportation system was the infrastructure of the industrial society.
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| information technology |
Includes both hardware and software. Use this term when the use of information technology is the underlying driver of the "interesting" feature or of the organization's profitability or productivity. This term can include computer modeling, simulation, innovative uses of AI, automated knowledge discovery, data mining, data warehousing. (Technology)
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| information |
That which is extracted from a compilation of data in response to a specific need.
Ãâó: www.utmb.edu/is/security/glossary.htm
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| informatics |
The use of science, computer science, information and other technologies to provide data, information and knowledge to the individual and the organisation.
Ãâó: www.bcsnsg.org.uk/inftouch/vol1/glossv1.html
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| informed consent |
A person's voluntary agreement, based upon adequate knowledge and understanding of relevant information, to participate in research or to undergo a diagnostic, therapeutic, or preventive measure. In giving informed consent, subjects may not waive or appear to waive any of their legal rights, or release or appear to release the investigator, the sponsor, the institution or agents thereof from liability for negligence.
Ãâó: www.virginia.edu/vprgs/irbsbsterminology.html
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