1026 Human Factors of a Global Society
The concept of information technology, which came into existence as a result of computer net-
work development and communication software, has only recently become popular.
Combining the word “technology,” which means a process or a way of doing something, with the
word “information,” which means an object having a particular way of recording explains the mod-
ern understanding of the form and ways of using information. Nowadays, information is accompa-
nied by processes and activities during which both the information and the way of using it change.
What is also different is how information is sought and gained. Information in the form of an ency-
clopedic entry, which is stored in one place only, is replaced ...