information technology Includes any equipment or system that is used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information. It includes all matters concerned with the design, development, installation and implementation of information systems and applications to meet business requirements. Source: Policy Framework for Information and Technology http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=12452