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What does "IT" stand for?

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by gespinozasr

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I am sure the term IT" is trite. But not to me because nowhere have I found what it means. Thank you.

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by andy1957

IT stands for Information Technology.

As the emphasis is on Technology which continually changes, many companies now have IS (Information Services) departments instead.

by generalist

Decades ago, IT would have been called things like the Data Processing Department or the Computer Center.

Then, as the industry matured, IT started being called Management Information Systems or simply Information Systems.

Recently InformationTechnology and Information Services have become the desired jargon.

Of course, there are lots of organizations who used different names for the same things. And many of the names have overlapped.

I wouldn't be surprised if there are still a number of Data Processing Departments out there doing the same function as a 'modern' IT department. And I would be comfortable in claiming that there were IT departments a good five or ten years before the initials became popular.

Hmmm. What will tomorrow bring?

by james r linn

I've lived through DP, EDP, IS, MIS, and IT. I'm sure of only one thing. It will continue to change and evolve.

James

by admin

Information Retrieval?

#2? (as in: who is #1)

Bureau of Information?

World Information Bank?

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