INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ITS COMPONENTS

The term “Information Technology” in English is derived from the French word
‘Informatique’ and “Informatika” in Russian means information handling. IT is a new science of
collecting, storing, processing and transmitting information.
The word “Information Technology” is a combination of two words. One is information
and other is technology. Information means knowledge, it can be a bit or a para or a page. IT is
science of information handling, particularly using computers to support the communication of
knowledge in technical, economic and social fields.
According to ALA Glossary, Information Technology is the application of computers &
other technologies to the acquisition, organisation, storage, retrieval & dissemination.
According to UNESCO, IT is scientific, technological and engineering disciplines and
management techniques used in information handling and processing their applications, computers
and their interaction with man and machines or associated social, economic and cultural matters.