[pmontra]

The original name of the university course in Italy was Scienze dell'Informazione, Information Sciences. I remember that my relatives were surprised and they were asking me if I was really about to study journalism (news "informano" / inform people in Italian.) I had to explain that it was about computers. Informatics, not journalism.

[cable2600]

It used to be called Data Processing. I guess that confused people? Information Services was used for people who didn't know what data was. Before the GUI it was a lot harder.