DEFINITIONS

Source Definition
A system, whether automated or manual, that comprises people, machines, and/or
methods organized to collect, process, transmit, and disseminate data that represent
user information. 2. Any telecommunications and/or computer related equipment or
(ATIS, 2016) interconnected system or subsystems of equipment that is used in the acquisition,
storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching,
Information System (IS)

interchange, transmission, or reception of voice and/or data, and includes software,

firmware, and hardware. [NIS] 3. The entire infrastructure, organization, personnel,
and components for the collection, processing, storage, transmission, display,
dissemination, and disposition of information. [INFOSEC-99]
(ISO/IEC, 2015) Information processing system, together with associated organizational resources
such as human, technical, and financial resources that provides and distributes
information.
Information system, an integrated set of components for collecting, storing, and
(Encyclopaedia processing data and for providing information, knowledge, and digital products.
Britannica, Business firms and other organizations rely on information systems to carry out and
2016) manage their operations, interact with their customers and suppliers, and compete in
the marketplace. Information systems are used to run inter-organizational supply
chains and electronic markets
The branch of technology devoted to (a) the study and application of data and the
Information Technology

processing thereof; i.e., the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation (including

(ATIS, 2016) transformation), management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange,
transmission or reception of data, and (b) the development and use of the hardware,
software, firmware, and procedures associated with this processing
(IT)

This is the common term for the entire spectrum of technologies for information
(Gartner, 2016) processing, including software, hardware, communications technologies and related
services. In general, IT does not include embedded technologies that do not generate
data for enterprise use.
(ISO, 2008) Resources required to acquire, process, store and disseminate information
(Statistics ICT is a field of work and study that “includes technologies such as desktop and
Canada, 2016) laptop computers, software, peripherals, and connections to the Internet that are
Technology (ICT)
Information and
Communication

intended to fulfill information processing and communications functions”

(UNESCO, The combination of informatics technology with other, related technologies,
2002) specifically communication technology
Resources required to acquire, process, store and disseminate information. This term
(ISO, 2008) also includes “Communication Technology (CT)” and the composite term
“Information and Communication Technology (ICT)”.

Bibliografía
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