In the 1960s and 1970s, the term information technology
(IT) was a little known phrase that was used by those who worked in
places like banks and hospitals to describe the processes they used to
store information. With the paradigm shift to computing technology and "paperless" workplaces, information technology
has come to be a household phrase. It defines an industry that uses
computers, networking, software programming, and other equipment and
processes to store, process, retrieve, transmit, and protect information.
In the early days of computer...
