Information Technology (IT)
Information Technology (IT): Any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage,…
Definition
Any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by the executive agency. For purposes of the preceding sentence, equipment is used by an executive agency if the equipment is used by the executive agency directly or is used by a contractor under a contract with the executive agency which (i) requires the use of such equipment or (ii) requires the use, to a significant extent, of such equipment in the performance of a service or the furnishing of a product. The term information technology includes computers, ancillary equipment, software, firmware and similar procedures, services (including support services), and related resources.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
All categories of ubiquitous technology used for the gathering, storing, transmitting, retrieving, or processing of information (e.g., microelectronics, printed circuit boards, com- puting systems, software, signal processors, mobile telephony, satellite communications, and networks).
- Definition 3
Any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that processes, transmits, receives, or interchanges data or information.
- Definition 4
Any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information by the executive agency.