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Information technology

Information technology (IT) is the study or use of computers, telecommunication systems and other devices to create, process, store, retrieve and transmit information. While the term is commonly used to refer to computers and computer networks, it also encompasses other information distribution technologies such as television and telephones. Information…

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Overview

History

Data processing

Services

Commercial effects

IT projects

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Information technology

Nodes126
Edges125
Triples96
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015873
Components1

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Information technology

Top relations

related to Further reading · 49
Information technology → Ablex, Allen, Cambridge, Cashman, Computer Data Processing, Concepts, Connected World, Corporation, Cosmas, Course Technology, David, Discovering Computers, Flood, Frank, Gary, Gitta, Gleick, History, Holt-Saunders International Editions, Introduction
related to history · 11
Information technology → AD, As, Based, BC, Harvard University, Ideas, IT, Massachusetts Institute, MIT, Scholarly, Technology
has effect · 9
Information technology → BizOps, Companies, From, Government, IT, Many, Modern, These, This
related to External links · 6
Information technology → Information, Learning, Wikimedia Commons Quotations, Wikiquote, Wikiversity Media, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Ethics · 5
Information technology → Breaches, Internet, Norbert Wiener, Some, The
see also · 4
Information technology → AgeFourth Industrial RevolutionInformation, ICT, Information, IT
is a · 1
Information technology → application of computer science and computer engineering.An information technology system

Important terminology Word statistics

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Important terminology

information technology computer data first computers electronic systems system services processing digital storage also stored used business internet use devices

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Information technologyis aapplication of computer science and computer engineering.An information technology system0.90text
televisioninstance ofit also encompasses other information distribution technologies0.80text
telephonesinstance ofit also encompasses other information distribution technologies0.80text
Colossus made use of punched tapeinstance ofto distinguish human clerical data processing from that done by computer.StorageEarly electronic computers0.80text
a long strip of paper on which data was represented by a series of holesinstance ofto distinguish human clerical data processing from that done by computer.StorageEarly electronic computers0.80text
a technology now obsoleteinstance ofto distinguish human clerical data processing from that done by computer.StorageEarly electronic computers0.80text
CD-ROMsinstance ofor optically on media0.80text
SOAPinstance ofparticularly for machine-oriented interactions such as those involved in web-oriented protocols0.80text
describinginstance ofparticularly for machine-oriented interactions such as those involved in web-oriented protocols0.80text
Colossus made use of punched tapeinstance ofStorageEarly electronic computers0.80text
a long strip of paper on which data was represented by a series of holesinstance ofStorageEarly electronic computers0.80text
a technology now obsoleteinstance ofStorageEarly electronic computers0.80text

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