IT

IT is the abbreviation for Information Technology, pronounced アイティー in Japanese. It's used as a prefix or standalone noun to describe technology-related fields.

Compounds

• IT企業(きぎょう) (IT company)
• IT業界(ぎょうかい) (IT industry)
• IT人材(じんざい) (IT talent/professionals)
• IT化(か) (computerization, digitalization)
• IT革命(かくめい) (IT revolution)
• ITリテラシー (IT literacy)

JAPAN'S IT sector

• Major companies: 富士通(ふじつう), NEC, NTTデータ, 楽天(らくてん), LINE
• Government promotion through デジタル庁(ちょう) (Digital Agency)
• Growing demand for IT人材(じんざい) due to DX (デジタルトランスフォーメーション)

Related words

• ICT (Information and Communication Technology)
• DX (Digital Transformation)
• 情報技術(じょうほうぎじゅつ) (native Japanese term for IT)

Register: Neutral to formal. Standard business and technical vocabulary.