< business , jargon > (IT) Applied computer systems - both hardware and software , and often including networking and telecommunications , usually in the context of a business or other enterprise. Often the name of the part of an enterprise that deals with all things electronic.
The term " computer science " is usually reserved for the more theoretical, academic aspects of computing, while the vaguer terms "information systems" (IS) or "information services" may include more of the human activities and non-computerised business processes like knowledge management . Others say that IT includes computer science.
(2000-10-02)