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'''Information technology''' ('''IT'''), as defined by the [[Information Technology Association of America]] (ITAA), is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based [[information system]]s, particularly software applications and computer hardware."<ref>http://www.itaa.org/es/docs/Information%20Technology%20Definitions.pdf | p30, Accessed March 3 2008</ref> IT deals with the use of electronic [[computers]] and [[computer software]] to [[data conversion|convert]], [[computer data storage|store]], [[data security|protect]], [[data processing|process]], [[data transmission|transmit]], and [[Classified information|securely]] [[information retrieval|retrieve]] [[information]]. |
'''Information technology''' or ''Informative ''(''and communicative'')'' technology'' ('''IT'''), as defined by the [[Information Technology Association of America]] (ITAA), is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based [[information system]]s, particularly software applications and computer hardware."<ref>http://www.itaa.org/es/docs/Information%20Technology%20Definitions.pdf | p30, Accessed March 3 2008</ref> IT deals with the use of electronic [[computers]] and [[computer software]] to [[data conversion|convert]], [[computer data storage|store]], [[data security|protect]], [[data processing|process]], [[data transmission|transmit]], and [[Classified information|securely]] [[information retrieval|retrieve]] [[information]]. |
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Today, the term ''information technology'' has ballooned to encompass many aspects of computing and technology, and the term has become very recognizable. IT professionals perform a variety of duties that range from installing applications to designing complex [[computer network]]s and information [[database]]s. A few of the duties that IT professionals perform may include [[data management]], networking, engineering [[computer hardware]], database and software design, as well as the management and administration of entire systems. |
Today, the term ''information technology'' has ballooned to encompass many aspects of computing and technology, and the term has become very recognizable. IT professionals perform a variety of duties that range from installing applications to designing complex [[computer network]]s and information [[database]]s. A few of the duties that IT professionals perform may include [[data management]], networking, engineering [[computer hardware]], database and software design, as well as the management and administration of entire systems. |
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Information technology or Informative (and communicative) technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware."[1] IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and securely retrieve information.
Today, the term information technology has ballooned to encompass many aspects of computing and technology, and the term has become very recognizable. IT professionals perform a variety of duties that range from installing applications to designing complex computer networks and information databases. A few of the duties that IT professionals perform may include data management, networking, engineering computer hardware, database and software design, as well as the management and administration of entire systems.
When computer and communications technologies are combined, the result is information technology, or "infotech". Information technology is a general term that describes any technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information. Presumably, when speaking of Information Technology (IT) as a whole, it is noted that the use of computers and information are associated.
In recent years ABET and the ACM have collaborated to form accreditation and curriculum standards for degrees in Information Technology as a distinct field of study separate from both Computer Science and Information Systems. SIGITE is the ACM working group for defining these standards.
See also
- Communications-enabled application (CEA)
- Information and communication technologies
- Information and communication technologies for development
- Information and communication technologies in education
- Information and communication technologies for environmental sustainability
- List of emerging information technologies
- The IT Crowd
References
- ^ http://www.itaa.org/es/docs/Information%20Technology%20Definitions.pdf | p30, Accessed March 3 2008
- Adelman, C. (2000). A Parallel Postsecondary Universe: The Certification System in Information Technology. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education.
- Allen, T., and M.S. Morton, eds. 1994. Information Technology and the Corporation of the 1990s. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Shelly, Gary, Cashman, Thomas, Vermaat, Misty, and Walker, Tim. (1999). Discovering Computers 2000: Concepts for a Connected World. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Course Technology.
- Webster, Frank, and Robins, Kevin. (1986). Information Technology—A Luddite Analysis. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Further reading
- The Global Information Technology Report 2008–2009 (PDF). World Economic Forum and INSEAD. 2009. p. 406. ISBN 978-92-95044-19-7.