INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: APPROACHES TO DEFINITION, PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION

The research is dedicated to the concept of "information technology". The purpose of the article is to analyze the scientific and methodological literature, clarify the essence and structure of information technologies, generalize the classification of information technologies based on the works of foreign and Ukrainian scientists. The subject of research is the concept of "information technology". As part of the analysis of the concept of "information technology", the legislative definition of this term was considered, it was clarified how this category is disclosed in the state standards of Ukraine (in particular, DSTU 5034:2008, DSTU 2226-93, DSTU 2481-94, DSTU 7448:2013) , the wording of the definition in terminological dictionaries was analyzed, the definition of "information technology" defined by the international organization UNESCO was considered. The formulation of the concept of "information technology" in the scientific works of foreign researchers was studied. On the basis of the conducted analysis, the lack of existing definitions was identified and an aggregated definition of the concept of "information technology" was synthesized. The principles that became the basi