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It refers to the field that uses computers to generate, process, store, retrieve, and exchange information. Unlike consumer electronics or home theater systems, IT is more often put to use in the service of commercial endeavors. Information technology is a subset of telecommunications technology (ICT). A computer system, including all of its hardware, software, and peripheral equipment used and maintained by a select group of people, is an example of an information technology system (IT system). It wasn't until a 1958 article by Harold J. Leavitt and Thomas L. Whisler in the Harvard Business Review that the term information technology appeared in its modern sense, even though humans have been using some form of written communication to record, retrieve, manipulate, and disseminate knowledge since long before the invention of the alphabet "There is no single accepted moniker for this emerging technology at this time. Their definition includes three distinct but related aspects: processing techniques, statistical and mathematical methods in decision-making, and the simulation of higher-order thought in computer programs. 

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  1. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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  2. Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
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  3. Association for Information Systems (AIS)
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  4. Association for Women in Computing (AWC)
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  5. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
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  6. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
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  7. Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
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  8. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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  9. International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR)
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  10. International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT)
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  11. International Association of Computerized Adaptive Testing (IACT)
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  12. International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
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  13. International Association of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IAECS)
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  14. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
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  15. International Society of Information Fusion (ISIF)
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  16. International Society of Information Professionals (ISIP)
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  17. International Web Association (IWA)
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  18. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
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  19. The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)
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  20. The Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP)
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  21. The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
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  22. The Usability Professionals' Association (UPA)
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Top Journals
  1. IEEE Internet of Things Journal
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  2. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
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  3. Information Systems Research
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  4. International Journal of Information Management
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  5. Journal of Big Data
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  6. Journal of Industrial Information Integration
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  7. Journal of Management Information Systems
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  8. Journal of Strategic Information Systems
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  9. MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems
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  10. Omega
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