Informatyka jako dziedzina wiedzy wspomagająca realizacje ludzkich przedsięwzięć

The purpose of this study is to answer the question of whether informatics is a field or just a discipline of knowledge. Analyzes of info-computer-based problems, consider that informatics in Poland should be treated as a field. It was emphasized that the English term computer science is only one of the informatics-oriented spe- cializations. The word “informatics” can be associated much more often with terms; IT in the US and ICT in Europe except France, where l’informatique terminology is used). Which name to use since the narrow understanding of information pro- cessing and handling is losing its full potential for the right development. In prac- tice, it means a reduction in undertaking ambitious tasks and the higher costs of its development. Social implications confirmed that, despite a lot of capable informati- cians, Poland had not been seen (except for computer devices), the right develop- ment of informatics-oriented applications. Hence the essential general informatics- oriented strategy is offered because the digital equipment-oriented strategy alone is not enough to apply in success looking ICT applications.