Korean slang profile
텔레마틱
telrematik
Telecommunication plus informatics
A combination of telecommunication and informatics, used to describe culture or society in which digital communications and information technology converge.
- Expanded form
- 텔레커뮤니케이션 + 정보학텔레커뮤니케이션 + 정보학 (telecommunication + informatics)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Apr 14, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
디지털 글쓰기에 관한 서평에서 텔레마틱이라는 말을 읽었다.
I read 텔레마틱 in a book review on digital writing.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
A 1998 book review explains it as a new word combining telecommunication and informatics, connecting it with Vilém Flusser’s conception of an information and communications society. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The spelling, definition, context, and publication date of the contemporary original were compared. This does not mean it originated in 1998; first use and the extent of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 디지털시대의 글쓰기/脫문자사회의 철학적 규명 (서울신문)Published Apr 14, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026