Telematics Telematics is a word creation by combining Tele communication und Infor matics , i.e., computer science. It denotes the application of Informatics on tasks in digital-based telecommunications. Thus, our Institute of Telematics, being a part of the Department of Computer Science of the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, is active in the area of telecommunication.
Some people use the term telematics for traffic telematics.