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I need to know a detailed description of the difference between information systems and information technology. Which one of these will fit me best, I would like to be a computer technician/ Network administrator. I am more like a technical person which mean I like to repair computer, install program on computer, clean them, etc...
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Information Systems : is a large umbrella referring to systems designed to create, store, manipulate, or disseminate information. An example of an information system is a pencil and a piece of paper. The two objects themselves are just tools, but together they create a system for writing (information). The term Information systems have been around a lot longer than the computer, or the term information technology. These days the two are sometimes thought to be synonymous, but that, in most cases is a misconception.
Information Technology : falls under the information system's umbrella, but has nothing to do with systems per say. IT deals with the technology involved in the systems themselves, e.g. An information system like wiki.answers.com contains many information technologies. Servers, server operating systems, web-server software (IIS, Apache, et al), and code written for the web-server software (PHP, C#, VB, PERL, Ruby, et al). Even your computer and browser makes up part of this information system. Like the pencil and paper example, each one of the mentioned parts of this information system in itself is an information technology.
Information Systems : is a large umbrella referring to systems designed to create, store, manipulate, or disseminate information. An example of an information system is a pencil and a piece of paper. The two objects themselves are just tools, but together they create a system for writing (information). The term Information systems have been around a lot longer than the computer, or the term information technology. These days the two are sometimes thought to be synonymous, but that, in most cases is a misconception.
Information Technology : falls under the information system's umbrella, but has nothing to do with systems per say. IT deals with the technology involved in the systems themselves, e.g. An information system like wiki.answers.com contains many information technologies. Servers, server operating systems, web-server software (IIS, Apache, et al), and code written for the web-server software (PHP, C#, VB, PERL, Ruby, et al). Even your computer and browser makes up part of this information system. Like the pencil and paper example, each one of the mentioned parts of this information system in itself is an information technology.
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