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Information technology
* Information technologies allow the management of increasingly complex systems.
* Information technologies are a driving force in our strong economy
  - recognized means of communication
  - pervasive and are being woven throughout the fabric of our daily lives
  - such that advancements are always occurring
* Information technologies are the enabling factor in redesigning distributed processes
  - most important enabling technologies in the economy today
* Information technologies can also preserve the traditions that make communities strong
  - assist in work force training
  - distribute human intelligence
  - facilitate a response to market and societal pres- sures
  - reduce social inequality
* Information technologies can store human experience and intelligence
  - intelligence and experience
  - can, themselves, make a contribution to combating illiteracy
  - combine with other new technologies to sweep away existing institutions
  - have significant impact on the perception of young people
  - inherit influences from prior historical, cultural, and social events
  - involve the reconstruction of reality as a system of information
  - make data surveillance possible and increasingly affordable
  - promise a revolution in education
  - provide dynamic tools that enhance teaching and learning
  - serve to help people communicate with others
* affects both kinds of rights
  - the academic lives of students and faculty in many different ways
* allows people to be integrated, around the world and across businesses.
* basic phenomenon of the information society.
* brings people and information together in new more flexible ways.
* broad discipline involving all aspects of computer design and usage
  - of a term
* can also help countries run their public sectors more efficiently
  - to eliminate distance and physical barriers
  - be a useful tool as a means to provide services in a different way
  - create the government of the future, the electronic government
  - enhance civic discourse and thus support democratic values and practice
* can facilitate distant learning at low cost
  - efficiency or effectiveness in education
  - partnerships that result in healthy economic development
* can help factoring companies in achieving outstanding services
  - identify markets
  - increase individual productivity
  - make learning time and place independent
  - play a vital role in educating the masses
  - reduce asymmetry
  - remove many of education's time restraints
  - vastly increase the value of almost any productive activity
* changes the nature and scope of business, and the formula for success.
* combines technology with the creation and use of information systems.
* continues to be a rapidly growing area of the economy
  - play a crucial role in healthcare
* contributes significantly to the global economy.
* counts for so much because it is so crucial to interactions between people.
* deals with processing, transmitting and displaying information.
* diverse field and varies by industry.
* does facilitate the distribution of political information.
* driving force for demographic changes on the occupational structure.
* dynamic and rapidly changing enterprise.
* enables a global democracy as well as a global culture
  - learning based on discovery
* encourages talented individuals to job hop because demand is so high.
* evolves in a fast and rapid pace
  - rapidly and so do organizational needs
* facilitates business growth and expansion.
* goes beyond computers.
* has a lot to do about providing information to people
  - significant influence on financial reporting at most companies
  - great potential for improving health care in the United States
  - much to offer certain aspects of health care
* has the ability to dazzle
  - potential to improve information and services for the general public
  - power to increase shareholder value through innovation
* holds the key to managing the battlefield of the future.
* includes clay tablets and papyrus scrolls.
* is an amplifier of human capacity and ability.
* is an essential component in protecting the environment
  - of modern health care services and research
  - important tool for the basic core operations of an organization
  - industry whose future depends on continuous innovation
  - ingredient in almost all business activities
* is at the core of the current process of economic globalization
  - heart of most systems
  - central to solving pressing public policy problems
  - complex, expensive, and seems to always be changing
* is critical in facilitating knowledge management
  - to maximizing today's warfighter effectiveness
* is critically important in performing the work of our agency
  - to the U.S. economy
  - employed in most group interactions today
  - engineering
  - everywhere today
  - how information is processed via the computer
  - implemented within organisations by people
  - in the business of creating wealth and redistributing wealth
  - increasingly important to the way the world functions
  - information, computers, communications, and software
  - intended to provide companies with a competitive edge
  - itself an agent of change
  - like the electric light, the printing press, and manned flight
  - now a fundamental part of law education and practice
* is often a key part of the strategy of developing economies
  - one of the major sources of organizational problems
* is one of the country's fastest growing industries
  - drivers for increased productivity
  - fastest paced industries today
  - key driving forces for change
  - most exciting, expanding and evolving fields
  - pervasive in all organizational functions
  - relationship management
* is the apotheosis of the analytical tradition in philosophy
  - cause of metamorphosis in business
  - central nervous system of strategy
  - dominant technology industry in Virginia's economy
  - driving force behind the economic boom currently being experienced
  - hottest industry in America
  - integration of information systems and computing technology
  - key enabling technology of our age
  - new world currency
  - single fastest growing industry today
  - used to enhance learning and clinical practice
  - vital in today's business world
* is vital to our society - economically and socially
  - the future of health care
  - widespread in Sweden
* linchpin for the development of high value-added services.
* literacy skill.
* makes more information available to larger numbers of people.
* manifests itself in many facets of international affairs.
* means to support our warfighters and peacekeepers.
* new development in twentieth century.
* opens up possibilities for more graphical ways to think mathematically.
* permeates libraries
  - the infrastructure of society
* plays a critical role in virtually every company's business strategy
  - crucial role in the development of the current economy
* plays a key role in organizations
  - the new, emerging global economy
  - pivotal role in our economic, educational, and social progress
* plays an increasingly important role in the accounting profession
  - integral role in the design and construction industries
* powerful means of bringing a community together.
* proprietary technology.
* provides access to vast amounts of information
  - easier access to the cultures of other nations
  - important means of communication, both public and private
* refers to computing and telecommunications hardware and software.
* remains the most important factor in the growth of corporate logistics.
* requires the modernization of physical and human resources.
* strategic asset essential to the future prosperity of all countries.
* tool for addressing needs, rather than an end in and of itself.
* tool, and tools have capacities.
* underpins many successful businesses today.
* uses the word record to describe a particular set of information.
* vast field of sub-categories and specializations.
* vital and integral part of the liberal arts
  - part of today's global economy