Information, which refers to audio, messages, and objects transmitted and processed by communication systems, generalizes to everything that is communicated by human society. Information technology is a general term for a variety of technologies employed primarily for the management and processing of information.

"Information technology", can be defined from the broad, medium, narrow three levels:

1, in the broad sense

Information technology refers to the full use and expansion of the human information organ function of the sum of various methods, tools and skills. The definition emphasizes the philosophical elaboration of the essential relationship between information technology and human beings.

2, in the sense of

Information technology refers to the information collection, transmission, storage, processing, expression of the sum of various technologies. The definition emphasizes the general understanding of the functions and processes of information technology.

3, in a narrow sense

Information technology refers to the use of computers, networks, radio and television and other hardware equipment and software tools and scientific methods, the acquisition of all kinds of information on the text, graphics, sound and video, processing, storage, transmission and use of technology and technology. The definition emphasizes the modernization of information technology and high-tech content.

The application of information technology includes computer hardware and software, network and communication technology, application software development tools. Since the popularization of computers and the Internet, it has become increasingly common to use computers to produce, process, exchange, and disseminate various forms of information (e.g., books, business documents, newspapers, recordings, movies, television programs, speech, graphics, images, etc.).

Expanded Information

Software and information technology service industry is one of the fields with the most concentrated R&D investment, the most active innovation, the widest application, and the greatest radiation-driven effect in the world. With the development and application of new-generation information technology such as 5G, big data, artificial intelligence, industrial Internet, and the Internet of vehicles, the software and information technology services industry has ushered in a broader space for development, and plays an important role in promoting the high-quality development of the economy.

With the in-depth promotion and implementation of relevant national policies, cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence and other new-generation information technology has accelerated the penetration of various fields of economic and social life, and the trend of the software industry's servitization, platformization and integration has become more obvious.

China's national economy in all areas of software and information technology services industry demand continues to be strong, industrial development into the key period of integration and innovation, rapid iteration. With the support of national policies, China's software and information technology services industry has maintained a steady and rapid development, and the scale of the industry has further expanded.

The new generation of information technology in the economic and social fields to carry out a wide range of applications and model innovation, support manufacturing, agriculture, finance, energy, logistics and other traditional industries to optimize and upgrade the traditional industries, for the traditional industries "empowerment of wisdom and energy", there are more and more typical applications, especially in the field of industrial applications to speed up the industrial Internet is becoming the new round of industrial revolution and the new round of industrial revolution and the new round of industrial revolution and the new round of industrial revolution and the new round of industrial revolution. The Industrial Internet is becoming the focus of a new round of industrial revolution and industrial change.

The global industrial pattern is undergoing profound changes, and the competition around the dominance of technology routes, division of labor in the value chain, and industrial ecology is becoming increasingly fierce, with developed countries accelerating their strategic layouts in the fields of industrial Internet, smart manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and big data to seize the dominance of future development, which will have a profound impact on the development of China's software and information technology service industry.

In the case of the emergence of new economic forms, the specialization of the division of labor continues to refine, the proportion of the service industry continues to expand, the software and information technology services industry has a broad space for development.

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