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This wikipedia article is not very accurate. In Hungary "informatika" is usually used only for primary/secondary school subjects covering every-day IT tasks like document editing, typing, or sending email. The most commonly used names for CS courses are "számításelmélet" or "számítástudomány" which translate as "theory of computing" and "science of computing".

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I would add that what is basically Computer Science curriculum is called “Programtervező Informatika” (roughly software engineering/modeling informatics~=compsci) while what is generally the same as Computer Science Engineering is called “Mérnökinformatika” (roughly engineering informatics).

But you are right that as a job description, “informatikus” is a more basic position than “programozó”=developer/software engineer, etc.

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