(applied science) A broad and interdisciplinary science that deals with the gathering, classification, storage, manipulation, retrieval and analysis of information as an organized resource.

plural of information science

The scientific study of the nature and use of geographic information; the theoretical foundation of geographic information systems.

(information science) Library science.

Information science adapted to deal with information held and/or handled by quantum systems, i.e., in which information is measured in qubits instead of classical bits.