Informatics began in which decade?

• A. 1920s
• B. 1950s
• C. 1970s
• D. 1990s

Answer: (B)

Informatics took shape as researchers started studying how information is stored, retrieved, and processed once computers became practical. The 1950s brought the first real wave of data processing in business and science, with early information systems and the use of computers to manage information. That shift laid the groundwork for informatics as a distinct field of study. Earlier decades lacked digital computing for systematic information handling, while later decades expanded and refined the discipline, but its emergence is tied to the 1950s.