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Definition
Information technology ( IT ) is the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data , [ 1 ] often in the context of a business or other enterprise. [ 2 ]
The term 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. [ 3 ] [ a ]
Humans have been storing, retrieving, manipulating and communicating information since the Sumerians in Mesopotamia developed writing in about 3000 BC, [ 5 ] 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. [ 6 ]
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology
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