IT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does IT mean? 

• IT (noun)
  The noun IT has 1 sense:

1. the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information

  Familiarity information: IT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

information technology; IT

Hypernyms ("IT" is a kind of...):

applied science; engineering; engineering science; technology (the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems)

 Context examples 

It somehow made the journey from South America to North America 15 million years before there was a land bridge to travel across.

(First-ever fossil monkey found in North America, NSF)

LBC binds to PKA RII tethering it near substrates.

(A Kinase Anchor Protein 13, NCI Thesaurus)

He stopped to listen to it, then he finished his sentence with a wave of his hand toward the sound of the cry, "—one of them?"

(White Fang, by Jack London)

They suspect it may be caused by a process known as sublimation—the transition of a substance from a solid to a gas.

(What’s Eating at Pluto?, NASA)

It measures how plants absorb and reflect light — the more infrared light is reflected, the healthier the vegetation.

(Tracking Deer by NASA Satellite, NASA)

It corresponds to the inferior part of the lower third topographic segment of the esophagus.

(Abdominal Esophagus, NCI Thesaurus)

It may lead to severe abdominal pain and ischemic necrosis of the intestine.

(Abdominal Aortic Thrombosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is used as a biomarker to detect damage to the kidneys caused by drugs and other agents.

(AAP, NCI Dictionary)

“When he bought the house, he liked to think that there were rooks about it.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Ah! said the young man, that would be a great thing, but how can you contrive it?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)