text: The acronym IT is most commonly used in literature and most discussions to mean information(al) technology, however, can actually stand for a number of things depending on what industry, business or professional field you are talking about!\n\nTwo other big professional fields that also use IT are: Instructional Technology (also called Educational Technology) and Industrial Technology (which is a general form of engineering versus the specific fields as mechanical, electronic, plastic, etc.).  I actually have degrees in all three of these IT disciplines!\n\nThere are also magazines for each of these three areas:\nhttp://www.industrialtechnology.co.uk/\nhttp://etc.usf.edu/pub/index.htm\nhttp://www.bitpipe.com/rlist/org/1152629439_931.html\n\n\nActually, you can use IT to mean anything that uses the initials in complete phrase or category:\n\n* Internet Technology (which will get hits for you in search engines)\n* International Terrorism\n* Innovative Technology\n* India Today (a newspaper published in India)\n* Income Tax\n* Italy\n\nOne web site for acronyms actually list 78 different meanings for the acronym “IT” - http://www.acronymfinder.com/\n\nAnother web site showed:\n\nITInformation Technology\nITIran Time [+0300]\nITImmunology Today\nITIntelligent Terminal\nITinformation technology [transportation]\nITinterthecal [medical]\nitItalia / italian [country code]\n\nIn the medical field alone, you could find:\n\nIT Information TechnologyGeneral, IT Organization\nIT Integration TeamGeneral, IT Organization\nIT-IRBInformation Technology Investment Review BoardGeneral, IT Organization\nITAInformation Technology ArchitectureGeneral, IT Organization\nITAInternational Trade AssociationGeneral\nITAGInformation Technology Architecture GroupGeneral, IT Organization\nITARInternational Trafficking Acquisition RegulationsGeneral\nITCInformation Technology CouncilGeneral, IT Organization\nITCInternational Trade CommissionGeneral\nITMRAInformation Technology Management Reform Act of 1996General, IT Organization\nITPILInitial Three Percent Investigation ListGeneral\nITS Information Technology SystemsGeneral, IT Organization\nITS Inspection Tracking SystemGeneral\n\n\nThus, there is any number of things that you could use the acronym “IT” for.  So, depending on the reason for your question, you could have a lot of fun in using it (not the pun here) to describe “IT”.\n\n\nGood Luck and hope that you have fun with this :-)