What is Information Technology (IT)?
Information Technology (sometimes referred to as Electronic and Information Technology) is the hardware and software that is used to create, exchange, store, interpret, use, manipulate, or process information. Some examples of IT are computer hardware and software, multimedia presentations, copy machines, video equipment, calculators, telecommunications devices, web-based information, and fax machines.
The term does not include any equipment that contains embedded information technology that is used as an integral part of the product, but the principal function of which is not the acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information. For example, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) equipment such as thermostats or temperature control devices, and medical equipment where information technology is integral to its operation, are not information technology.
