IT in IT Glossary

Short for Information Technology, and pronounced as separate letters,
the broad subject concerned with all aspects of managing and
processing information, especially within a large organization
or company. Because computers are central to information management,
computer departments within companies and universities
are often called IT departments. Some companies refer
to this department as IS (Information Services) or MIS
(Management Information Services).

wizard
(1) A utility within an application that helps you use the application
to perform a particular task. For example, a "letter wizard" within a
word processing application would lead you through the steps of
producing different types of correspondence.

(2) An outstanding programmer. Also called a super- programmer.
Common wisdom holds that one wizard is worth ten average programmers.

(3) The system administrator for a chat room or MUD.