information technology

English

Noun

information technology (countable and uncountable, plural information technologies)

1. (computing) The practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications.
   • 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     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.

2. (computing) The computing department of an organization.

Synonyms

• abbreviation: IT

Related terms

• information and communications technology / ICT (rare)

Translations

the practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications

• Arabic: تِقْنِيَّة اَلْمَعْلُومَات‎ f (tiqniyyat al-maʿlūmāt), تِكْنُولُوجِيَا اَلْمَعْلُومَات‎ f (tiknulūjiyā l-maʿlūmāt)
• Armenian: տեղեկատվական տեխնոլոգիաներ pl (tełekatvakan texnologianer)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 資訊科技, 資讯科技 (zi¹ seon³ fo¹ gei⁶)

  Mandarin: 信息技術 (zh), 信息技术 (zh) (xìnxī jìshù), 資訊技術, 资讯技术 (zīxùn jìshù), 情報技術, 情报技术 (qíngbào jìshù), 資訊科技 (zh), 資訊科技 (zh) (zīxùn kējì)

  Min Nan: 資訊科技, 資讯科技 (chu-sìn kho-ki)

• Czech: informační technologie f
• Danish: informationsteknologi c
• Estonian: infotehnoloogia
• Finnish: informaatioteknologia (fi), tietotekniikka (fi)
• French: technologie de l'information f, informatique (fr) f
• Georgian: საინფორმაციო ტექნოლოგია (sainpormacio ṭeknologia)
• German: Informationstechnologie (de) f, Informationstechnik (de) f
• Greek: τεχνολογία της πληροφορίας f (technología tis pliroforías)
• Hebrew: טכנולוגיית המידע‎
• Hindi: सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी (sūcnā praudyogikī)
• Indonesian: teknologi informasi
• Italian: informatica (it) f

• Japanese: 情報技術 (じょうほうぎじゅつ, jōhō gijutsu)
• Khmer: បច្ចេកវិទ្យាពត៌មាន (pak jaek vi tyea poar rak mean)
• Korean: 정보기술 (jeongbogisul) (情報技術)
• Lithuanian: informacinės technologijos f pl
• Malay: teknologi maklumat, teknologi informasi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: informasjonsteknologi m

  Nynorsk: informasjonsteknologi m

• Persian: فناوری اطلاعات‎ (fa), انفورماتیک‎ (fa) (anformâtik)
• Polish: technologia informacyjna f
• Portuguese: tecnologia da informação (pt) f
• Romanian: tehnologia informației f, tehnica informației
• Russian: информацио́нная техноло́гия f (informaciónnaja texnológija), информацио́нные техноло́гии (ru) f pl (informaciónnyje texnológii), информа́тика (ru) f (informátika)
• Scottish Gaelic: teicneolas fiosrachaidh m
• Spanish: tecnología de la información f
• Swedish: informationsteknologi (sv) c, informationsteknik (sv) c
• Tamil: thagaval thozrilnutpam (thagaval thozrilnutpam)
• Thai: เทคโนโลยีสารสนเทศ (ték-noh-loh-yee săa-rá-sŏn-tâyt)
• Turkish: bilişim teknolojisi (tr)
• Vietnamese: công nghệ thông tin
• Welsh: technoleg gwybodaeth f