information technology

noun

: the technology involving the development, maintenance, and use of computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and distribution of data

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India’s telecommunications department, and its electronics and information technology ministry did not respond to CNBC’s requests for comments. Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025 Popular experience was proving increasingly manipulable, whether through mind-altering pharmaceuticals, body-sculpting surgical procedures, or culture-hacking information technologies. Tim Griffin, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025 The meeting, allegedly to discuss salary, was with Bally, a Campbell’s information technology department vice president. Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 29 Nov. 2025 Novak had lost his job as a vice president of information technology for a telemarketing company months earlier and was in the middle of a divorce and a custody battle over his two kids. Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for information technology

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First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of information technology was in 1952

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“Information technology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/information%20technology. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.

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information technology

noun
: the technology involving the development, maintenance, and use of computer systems, software, and networks for the processing and distribution of data

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