Information technology

Information technology (or IT) is a term that encompasses all forms of technology used to create, store, exchange, and use information in its various forms (business data, voice conversations, still images, motion pictures, photos, multimedia presentations, and other forms, including those not yet conceived).
The modern term “Information Technology” was coined by Leavitt and Whisle. In 1958 a Harvard Business Review included, “The new technology does not yet have a single established name. We shall call it information technology.”
Information technology is the concept that includes every process of information flow, such as data collection, processing, storage, search, transmission, and reception. In the information society, information technology is one of the most necessary industries. As technology advances day by day, IT has developed into an essential part. It is also attracting future industries. In the future, the use of information technology will be more important in the overall industry. The development of the internet made it possible for the world to be connected. IT will be a power that makes an increasing number of promising occupations and science and technology.
Now, people have been using it to refer to other aspects of technology. It now covers many more fields of study than it has covered in the past.
History.
Four basic periods
Characterized by a principal technology used to solve the input, processing, output and communication problems of the time:
A. The Premechanical Age: 3000 B.C. – 1450 A.D..
&lt;br&gt;One of the very first information processors.
B. The Mechanical Age: 1450 – 1840.
Early 1600s, William Oughtred, an English clergyman, invented the slide rule.
C. The Electromechanical Age: 1840 – 1940..
The discovery of ways to harness electricity was the key advance made during this period. Knowledge and information could now be converted into electrical impulses.
2. Electromechanical Computing
D. The Electronic Age: 1940 – Present..
3. The First "Stored-Program" Computer(s)
3. The Four Generations of Digitalg Computing.
The First Generation (1951–1958).
The Second Generation (1959–1963).
The Third Generation (1964–1979).
Individual transistors were replaced by integrated circuits.
Field of Study.
This is in contrast to a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology which is a bachelor's degree typically conferred after a period of three to four years of an undergraduate course of study in Information Technology (IT). The degree itself is a Bachelor of Science with institutions conferring degrees in the fields of information technology and related fields.
Many employers require software developers or programmers to have a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree; however, those seeking to hire for positions such as network administrators or database managers would require a Bachelors of Science in Information Technology or an equivalent degree. Graduates with an information technology background are able to perform technology tasks relating to the processing, storing, and communication of information between computers, mobile phones, and other electronic devices. Information technology as a field emphasizes the secure management of large amounts of diverse information and its accessibility via a wide variety of systems both local and world-wide.