Pronunciation

How to pronounce “it

“it” is pronounced /ɪt/ — 1 syllable.
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it

/ɪt/

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'it' is one beat: /ɪt/. Watch the /ɪ/ sound — Relax the smile; a quick, lazy 'ih' — lower and shorter than 'ee'.
Meaning

the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information

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