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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So, information technology outages will happen again.
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Joel Rose, NPR, 26 Dec. 2025
ServiceNow, which provides software that helps companies organize and automate their personnel and information technology operations, has become a dominant platform for enterprise workflow.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
In short, data centers are physical locations, typically large warehouses, that organizations use to house their critical information technology infrastructure, including but not limited to hardware, software and networks.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 17 Dec. 2025
The sector shuffle that made materials, financials, and industrials weekly winners — and communications services and information technology weekly losers — pushed the Dow 1% higher last week, its third consecutive weekly gain.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2025
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Joel Rose, NPR, 26 Dec. 2025
ServiceNow, which provides software that helps companies organize and automate their personnel and information technology operations, has become a dominant platform for enterprise workflow.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
In short, data centers are physical locations, typically large warehouses, that organizations use to house their critical information technology infrastructure, including but not limited to hardware, software and networks.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 17 Dec. 2025
The sector shuffle that made materials, financials, and industrials weekly winners — and communications services and information technology weekly losers — pushed the Dow 1% higher last week, its third consecutive weekly gain.
—Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2025
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“Information technology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/information%20technology. Accessed 2 Jan. 2026.
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