Information Technology

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

information technology
    n 1: the branch of engineering that deals with the use of
         computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and
         transmit information [syn: {information technology}, {IT}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

information technology

   <business, jargon> (IT) Applied computer systems - both
   {hardware} and {software}, and often including {networking}
   and {telecommunications}, usually in the context of a business
   or other enterprise.  Often the name of the part of an
   enterprise that deals with all things electronic.

   The term "{computer science}" is usually reserved for the more
   theoretical, academic aspects of computing, while the vaguer
   terms "information systems" (IS) or "information services" may
   include more of the human activities and non-computerised
   business processes like {knowledge management}.  Others say
   that IT includes computer science.

   (2000-10-02)