information technology

Definitions

1. The practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications
2. The practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications.
   countable, uncountable
3. The computing department of an organization
4. The computing department of an organization.
   capitalized, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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?”

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