infotech

noun

in·​fo·​tech ˈin-fō-ˌtek How to pronounce infotech (audio)
: information technology

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This need presents one of the highest-stakes challenges imaginable for infotech as a field: Across the many square miles affected, which school, bridge or neighborhood most needs immediate help? — Eric Siegel, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 This brewing crisis presents one of the highest-stakes challenges imaginable for infotech as a field: Across trillions of overtaxed, aging components—most of which date back to the 1960s and 1970s—which ones demand maintenance first? — Eric Siegel, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024

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First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of infotech was in 1981

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“Infotech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infotech. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.

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