Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

information technology

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.93 in modern English

Syllables: in-for-ma-tion tech-nol-o-gy
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The computing department of an organization.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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 possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete."
"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?"

Usage

Inflected Forms

information technologies (plural)

Phrases

information and communications technology

Frequently Paired Words

information and communications technology ICT

Synonyms

IT info tech

Questions

What does information technology mean?: The practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications.

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