information technology
25
3.5
- noun
- /ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən tɛkˈnɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
:
tecnología de la información
- The amazing developments in information technology offer quite wonderful avenues for our inventiveness.
- use information technology
- information technology and telecommunications
- information technology industry
This is the change from farming to manufacturing, the decline of manufacturing and the rise of information technology.
- This is the change from farming to manufacturing, the decline of manufacturing and the rise of information technology.
- They consume their own time, they consume the information technology of their business.
- People often get fooled in high technology by what's happened in information technology and in BioMed.
- For instance, democracies are made possible only by information technology.
- I think that by the way, we will be information technology will be changing so many things that we do in ways that we can't see.
- We have IT breakthroughs in in information technology processing data, because that's safe.
Examples
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Across the Atlantic, a project is using digitized information technology to provide access to museum collections.
Academic text (1995) -
Among his priorities was the use of information technology for education.
Academic text (1999) -
I believe that electronic government or information technology and government must go much further than that.
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Students are sent to the learning common to get help solving problems related to information technology.
Academic text (2011) -
Public health relies on data reported by health care partners, and information technology makes such reporting easier than ever.
Academic text (2011) -
The United States leads the world in information technology, where high-paying jobs are easy to find.
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So I think it is a fantastic and long overdue coming of modern information technology to healthcare.
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Other industries are also attracting huge amounts of private capital, among them information technology and telecommunications.
Academic text (1999) -
Now, of course, we have the information technology revolution with the Internet, e-commerce, and wireless communications.
Academic text (1999) -
The new course on information technology covers software development and data management.
Synonyms
181
3.2
Use of computers and networks to store and send information
9
3.7
Study and design of computers, programs, and systems that process information
5
4.0
The study and use of systems and machines that send information like phones and the internet
4
6.0
The study of how computers collect, store, and use information
1
3.8
An area that uses computers and networks to store, find, and send information
Tools and systems that send and receive information using computers or phones
How Technical
- Specialized
14
3.5
- Specialized
9
3.7
- Specialized
25
3.5
43
2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning ('technology for storing, retrieving, and sending information') is directly and transparently derived from combining 'information' (data/knowledge) with 'technology' (tools/methods). This is a regular noun–noun composition found across many languages (e.g., informática, informatique, 信息技术), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The term information technology comes from combining information (data or facts) and technology (tools and systems). It creates the simple image of tools used to 'store, find and send information', so today it means using computers and networks to handle and move data.