Outline of information technology

	History of computing
	Hardware before 1960
	Hardware 1960s to present
	Hardware in Soviet Bloc countries
	Computer science
	Operating systems
	Personal computers
	Laptops
	Software engineering
	Programming languages
	Artificial intelligence
	Graphical user interface
	Internet
	World Wide Web
	Computer and video games
	Timeline of computing Timeline of computing 2400 BC–1949; 1950–1979; 1980–1989; 1990-1999; 2000—; More timelines...;
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Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware."^[1] IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and retrieve information.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to information technology:

[edit] Different names

There are different names for this during the ages or through fields. Some of theses names are:

ICT:- Information Communication & technology;
IT:- Information technology;
DCT:- Data Communication & technology;
CDT:- Creative digital technology;
DT:- Design & technology;
IDCT:- Department of information & software technology;
Infocomm:- Communication technology;
TelCo (phones) & CompBusiness (HW+SW) & development (SW):- sets of professions as referenced within HR crew;

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