Definition: Information technology
From New World Encyclopedia
Etymology
So called as computers are technology for exchanging information.
Noun
information technology (countable and uncountable, plural information technologies)
- The practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications.
- (computing) The computing department of an organization.
Related terms
- IT
- information and communications technology / ICT
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