It mainly uses application of computer science and communication technology to design, develop, install and implement information systems and application software. It is also often called information and communication technology (ICT). It mainly includes sensing technology, computer and intelligence technology, communication technology and control technology.
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major feature
1, information technology has the general feature of technology-technicality. Specific performance is: scientific methods, advanced tools and equipment, skilled skills, rich experience, rapid action process, efficient functions and so on.
2. Information technology is different from other technologies-information. Specifically, the service subject of information technology is information, and its core function is to improve the efficiency and benefit of information processing and utilization. The nature of information determines that information technology also has the characteristics of universality, objectivity, relativity, dynamics, enjoyment and transformation.
Classification of information technology
According to different manifestations, information technology can be divided into hard technology (materialized technology) and soft technology (non-materialized technology). The former refers to various information devices and their functions, such as microscopes, telephones, communication satellites, multimedia computers, etc. The latter refers to all kinds of knowledge, methods and skills related to information acquisition and processing, such as language technology, data statistical analysis technology, planning and decision-making technology, computer software technology and so on.
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