text: what is it mean? what is it mean? the acronym it is most commonly used in literature and most discussions to mean information(al) technology, however, can actually stand for a number of things depending on what industry, business or professional field you are talking about!  two other big professional fields that also use it are: instructional technology (also called educational technology) and industrial technology (which is a general form of engineering versus the specific fields as mechanical, electronic, plastic, etc.).  i actually have degrees in all three of these it disciplines!  there are also magazines for each of these three areas: http://www.industrialtechnology.co.uk/ http://etc.usf.edu/pub/index.htm http://www.bitpipe.com/rlist/org/1152629439_931.html   actually, you can use it to mean anything that uses the initials in complete phrase or category:  * internet technology (which will get hits for you in search engines) * international terrorism * innovative technology * india today (a newspaper published in india) * income tax * italy  one web site for acronyms actually list 78 different meanings for the acronym “it” - http://www.acronymfinder.com/  another web site showed:  itinformation technology itiran time [+0300] itimmunology today itintelligent terminal itinformation technology [transportation] itinterthecal [medical] ititalia / italian [country code]  in the medical field alone, you could find:  it information technologygeneral, it organization it integration teamgeneral, it organization it-irbinformation technology investment review boardgeneral, it organization itainformation technology architecturegeneral, it organization itainternational trade associationgeneral itaginformation technology architecture groupgeneral, it organization itarinternational trafficking acquisition regulationsgeneral itcinformation technology councilgeneral, it organization itcinternational trade commissiongeneral itmrainformation technology management reform act of 1996general, it organization itpilinitial three percent investigation listgeneral its information technology systemsgeneral, it organization its inspection tracking systemgeneral   thus, there is any number of things that you could use the acronym “it” for.  so, depending on the reason for your question, you could have a lot of fun in using it (not the pun here) to describe “it”.   good luck and hope that you have fun with this :-)