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Information technology (IT) refers to all recent technological developments involving computers, information, and technology. IT involves the study, design, development, and management of computer systems and applications. Key aspects of IT include data management, networking, computer hardware engineering, database design, software design, and administration. The internet is a major part of IT, providing a means to access and share vast amounts of information instantly from anywhere in the world. IT has revolutionized many aspects of modern life, including communication, business, education, and entertainment. While IT has brought many benefits, it also enables some criminal activities if misused.

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Information technology (IT) refers to all recent technological developments involving computers, information, and technology. IT involves the study, design, development, and management of computer systems and applications. Key aspects of IT include data management, networking, computer hardware engineering, database design, software design, and administration. The internet is a major part of IT, providing a means to access and share vast amounts of information instantly from anywhere in the world. IT has revolutionized many aspects of modern life, including communication, business, education, and entertainment. While IT has brought many benefits, it also enables some criminal activities if misused.

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ARTICLE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The term ‘Information Technology’ or simply known as IT is a generic name given to all
improvements that are taking place in our world due to the inter-linked advancement in
technology, learning, and information. The term refers to recent technological developments
that are taking place in our world as a result of better technology, due to better information.
Information Technology Is specially based on computer science . It is a wonderful invention
of modern science. Besides computers, it also includes telephone, television, radio,
wireless ,email ,fax ,the internet etc.

According to the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), information


technology is defined as the study, design, development, implementation and the
management of computer based information systems. This entails the study of computer
software applications as well as computer hardware. With the advent of electronic computers,
information technology is used covert, store, process, retrieve, protect, and transmit
information to various sources. From obscurity, information technology has become an
everyday term that has encompassed computing and technology. Therefore IT is a wide term
and it involves use in many areas. IT professionals perform a wide range of tasks like
installation of computer applications, designing and maintaining complex networks and
computer databases.

The term IT therefore include the activities that include data management, networking,
engineering computer hardware, database design, software design and its management and
administration. IT thus includes the use of computers as well its association with information.

The Internet is a giant member information technology. It is the source of news and
information. There is no information but is available in the internet. Thus, internet fulfil the
demand of every individual.
In Old generation if we want to contact anyone we have to write a letter and it goes too late
.but now ,we can contact anyone with video from our house. all are the gift of technology.

It consists of a number of allied modern advancements such as, computer, Internet, websites,
surfing, E-mail, E-commerce. E-governance, Video- conference, cellular phones, paging, fax
machines, smart cards, credit cards, ATM cards etc. All these have been possible due to the
advancement in information gathering technique or system which is known as ‘Information
Superhighway’ which, like a highway, opens us to a world of technology and information full
of immense possibilities.

But information technology is not free from demerits. Social and anti-social movement,
hijacking, fraudulence and many other crimes can take place for the misuse of information
technology.

Two essential components of IT revolution have been the development of computer and
internet. These two developments have revolutionised modern civilization. Today at the press
of a button we can get any information that we want from anywhere in the world in a fraction
of a second, sitting in our room.

The world today has changed greatly with the advent of IT. Computerization has made

manual work easy that by a single click, tasks get completed. The IT significance is seen
from the fact that it has penetrated almost every aspect of our life; from business, leisure,
work place and even society. IT helps us to streamline business processes and get constant
real tie information that is up-to-date. Today personal computers, cell phones, fax machines,
pagers, email and the internet have just but become an integral part of today's' lives as they
play an important and essential role in our lives.

Some advantages of IT include in;

Globalization: globalization has brought the world together and enabled the word's economy
to become a single interdependent system. Therefore information is now easily and
efficiently shared. Also, geographical and language barriers have been bridged. The world is
now termed as a "global village" allowing countries that have both language and boundary
barriers to share important ideas and information.

This easy and quick access to information has been instrumental in improving our
communication, travel, business, entertainment, space exploration, defence capabilities,
medical surgeries etc. “We can visit sites situated thousands of miles away, chat with people
sitting in other parts of the world, see the latest movies, watch live international matches, read
daily newspapers, attend business conferences, conduct business transactions, visit world
famous libraries, go through the latest books etc. all at the click of a key on the computer.

IT revolution has also altered the very face of business operations and E- commerce is
becoming a fashion of the day. We can advertise our products and seek jobs and make
ourselves available through the internet. IT boom has also revolutionised our style of living.
It has made our life easy, pleasurable, and luxurious. The facility of internet and surfing
opens us to the world of information superhighway enabling us to seek the information that
we want. With the possibility of downloading programmes and information through a
computer to a paper, our task of gathering information is a few minutes affair. In this manner,
today the process of gathering knowledge and information has become, easy, cheap, fast, and
enjoyable. This has been the greatest advantage of IT boom.

Today, we need not go hunting for household items in congested markets. Sitting in our room
we can order things, buy tickets, talk to clients, listen to lectures, take part in on-line lotteries,
sign business agreements, do bank transactions etc. In other words the recent development in
the IT world has reduced man’s labour, workload, and has created a better world to live in.

Today IT revolution is sweeping over the world. Although, IT boom has revolutionised the
western world beyond recognition it is still to make much headway in changing lives in India.
The boom has, however, affected only the affluent and the urban India. The benefits of IT
boom needs to penetrate down to the ordinary men and women living.

There are strong signs that the IT industry will continue to grow across several industries as it
is an essential component which ensures that that businesses run effectively. It is now hard to
imagine a future without IT and the internet in general. Although not a reality now, but it
seems that whatever humans think can be done. The future of IT seems that will be
integrating human minds and technology. Technological advances will be made in computing
with non-computer based populace in the world. Sidney Harris, a famous US journalist sees
this in advance that he once said, "The real danger is not that computers will begin to think
like men, but that men will begin to think like computers."

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