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Vinony

information technology

noun

  1. the study or use of systems (especially computers and telecommunications) for storing, retrieving, and sending information
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Wiktionary

noun

  1. The practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications.

    “Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.”

  2. The computing department of an organization.

    “Have you spoken with Information Technology about this little workaround? And with Legal? You know that both of them frown on shadow IT because it's a big security risk, right?”