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information technology

information technology noun: the practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications.

Noun

information technology (countable and uncountable, plural information technologies)

  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...2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
    Synonyms:
    IT, info tech
  2. (capitalized) 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?
    Synonyms:
    IT

information technology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

information technology in Hindi

the practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications
सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी sūcnā praudyogikī

information technology in Tamil

the practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications
தகவல் தொழில்நுட்பம் takaval toḻilnuṭpam

information technology in Urdu

the practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications
اِطِّلاعاتی ٹیکْنالوجی ittilā'ātī ṭeknālojī

information technology in Kannada

ಮಿನ್ನರಿಮೆ, ಅರಿಪು ಚಳಕರಿಮೆ, ತಿಳಿಕೆ ಚಳಕರಿಮೆ
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information technology in Tagalog
teknolohiyang pang-impormasyon, teknolohiyang pangkabatiran
information technology in Arabic
تِقْنِيَّة مَعْلُومَات tiqniyyat maʕlūmāt, تِكْنُولُوجِيَا مَعْلُومَات tiknulūjiyā maʕlūmāt
information technology in Malay
teknologi maklumat, teknologi informasi
information technology in Indonesian
teknologi informasi
information technology in Thai
เทคโนโลยีสารสนเทศ ték-noo-loo-yii-sǎa-rá-sǒn-têet
information technology in Vietnamese
công nghệ thông tin
information technology in Myanmar
သတင်းအချက်အလက်နည်းပညာ sa.tang:a.hkyak-a.laknany:pa.nya

Synonyms of information technology

Forms of information technology

pluralinformation technologies

Questions about information technology

What does information technology mean?
Information technology means the practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications.
What is information technology in Hindi?
Information technology in Hindi is सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी (sūcnā praudyogikī). See Information technology meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is information technology?
Information technology is a noun.
What is the plural of information technology?
The plural of information technology is information technologies.

Words near information technology in the dictionary

  1. information superhighways
  2. information symmetry
  3. information system
  4. information systems
  5. information technologies
  6. information technology
  7. information technology bubble
  8. information technology bubbles
  9. information theory
  10. information velocities
  11. information velocity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: information technology (page history and authors); information technology (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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