What is information technology?

Answer:

Different sources provide different definitions. A few of these definitions and their sources are included, below…

The International Foundation for Information Technology (IF4IT) provides three definitions for Information Technology:

1. The technology used for the study, understanding, planning, design, construction, testing, distribution, support and operations of software, computers and computer related systems that exist for the purpose of Data, Information and Knowledge processing.

2. The industry that has evolved to include the study, science, and solution sets for all aspects of Data, Information and Knowledge management and/or processing.

3. The Organization in an enterprise or business that is held responsible and accountable for the technology used for planning, design, construction, testing, distribution, support and operations of software, computers and computer related systems that exist for the purpose of Data, Information and Knowledge management and/or processing.

The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) defines Information Technology as:

“The study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware.” IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and securely retrieve information.

The combination of telecommunication and computer science for the capture, storage and transmission of information to every nook and corner of the world is said to be IT.

An unreferenced source contributed the following definition for Information Technology:

Information Technology is the technology (hardware and software) required for the processing of data and other information. This website is a type of information technology. See the related links.