Glossary Entry:

Information Technology (IT)

Information Technology (IT)

Software and hardware used to organize data, often inside organizations. "IT" can also be shorthand for not just information technology, but the teams/departments who build and maintain it.

"IT used to mean the people I'd call when my work computer froze up, but now tech is part of most of our  products and customer interactions; I know the board considered creating a 'digital' team to separate out IT's product efforts from utility functions."