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    Information Technology

    What is Information Technology?

    Information Technology (IT) is the application of computers and


    internet to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate information, often in
    the context of a business or other enterprise. IT is considered a subset of
    information and communications technology (ICT) and has evolved
    according to the needs.

    It is worthwhile noting
    that the term IT is
    commonly used as a
    synonym for
    computers and computer networks,
    but it also encompasses other
    information distribution technologies
    such as television and telephones. Several industries are associated with
    information technology, including computer hardware, software,
    electronics, semiconductors, internet, telecom equipment, engineering,
    healthcare, e-commerce, and computer services.

    Thanks to the continuous development of computers, the original


    computing systems became minicomputers and later personal computers
    took the lead. Nowadays, mobile phones are dethroning the personal
    computer and computing is evolving faster to become disembodied more
    like a cloud, becoming accessible more easily whenever needed.
    Information technology has transformed people and companies and has
    allowed digital technology to influence society and economy alike. It has,
    in this sense, shaped societies and adapted itself to people's needs.

    History

    If you want a brief history of Information Technology, here is one.


    Humans were the first "computers". Then, machines were invented to
    carry out the computational tasks. Now these machines have given way to
    a new form of information technology. Information has become
    disembodied accessible from anywhere through cloud technology. Recent
    advances in IT are the consequence of the development in computing
    systems.
    Humans have been storing, retrieving, manipulating, and communicating
    information since the Sumerians in Mesopotamia developed writing in
    about 3000 BC, but the term information technology in its modern sense
    first appeared in a 1958 article published in the Harvard Business Review;
    authors Harold J. Leavitt and Thomas L. Whisler commented that "the new
    technology does not yet have a single established name. We shall call it
    information technology (IT)." Their definition consists of three categories:
    techniques for processing, the application of statistical and mathematical
    methods to decision-making, and the simulation of higher-order thinking
    through computer programs.
    Adapted from Information and Communication Technology (myenglishpages.com)

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