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Specialty Definition: Information technology

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Information technology (IT) or information and communication technology (ICT) is the technology required for information processing. In particular the use of electronic computers to convert, store, process, transmit, and retrieve information.

The industry undergoes fads where a particular technology is hyped, ie. discussed excessively in industry circles.

Topics:

• Computer science
• World Wide Web
• Digital library
• Pattern recognition
• Data mining
• Data processing
• Metadata
• Database
• Technology assessment
• Cryptography
• Data networking
• ITIL
• and many more...

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ISO 3166-2:IT

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ISO 3166-2 codes for Italy cover 103 provinces. Each province has a 2-letter code, that is also used for car signs. Together with the ISO 3166-1 code IT for Italy they form the ISO 3166-2 codes. The purpose of this family of standards is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on package labels, containers and such. Anywhere where a short alphanumeric code can serve to clearly indicate a location in a more convenient and less ambiguous form than the full place name. US readers may wish to consider them as the equivalent of worldwide zip or postal codes. Within the Wikipedia, the codes from the country pages link to the pages for the locations they identify.

Note: FC which can be found on websites does not exist. This stands for Forli-Cesena. But the name of the province is Forli and results in the code FO.

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ISO 3166-2:2000-06-21

Encoding list

IT-AG Agrigento
IT-AL Alessandria
IT-AN Ancona
IT-AO Aosta
IT-AR Arezzo
IT-AP Ascoli Piceno
IT-AT Asti
IT-AV Avellino
IT-BA Bari
IT-BL Belluno
IT-BN Benevento
IT-BG Bergamo
IT-BI Biella
IT-BO Bologna
IT-BZ Bolzano
IT-BS Brescia
IT-BR Brindisi
IT-CA Cagliari
IT-CL Caltanissetta
IT-CB Campobasso
IT-CE Caserta
IT-CT Catania
IT-CZ Catanzaro
IT-CH Chieti
IT-CO Como
IT-CS Cosenza
IT-CR Cremona
IT-KR Crotone
IT-CN Cuneo
IT-EN Enna
IT-FE Ferrara
IT-FI Florence
IT-FG Foggia
IT-FO Forli
IT-FR Frosinone
IT-GE Genova
IT-GO Gorizia
IT-GR Grosseto
IT-IM Imperia
IT-IS Isernia
IT-AQ L'Aquila
IT-SP La Spezia
IT-LT Latina
IT-LE Lecce
IT-LC Lecco
IT-LI Livorno
IT-LO Lodi
IT-LU Lucca
IT-MC Macerata
IT-MN Mantua
IT-MS Massa-Carrara
IT-MT Matera
IT-ME Messina
IT-MI Milan
IT-MO Modena
IT-NA Napoli
IT-NO Novara
IT-NU Nuoro
IT-OR Oristano
IT-PD Padua
IT-PA Palermo
IT-PR Parma
IT-PV Pavia
IT-PG Perugia
IT-PS Pesaro e Urbino
IT-PE Pescara
IT-PC Piacenza
IT-PI Pisa
IT-PT Pistoia
IT-PN Pordenone
IT-PZ Potenza
IT-PO Prato
IT-RG Ragusa
IT-RA Ravenna
IT-RC Reggio di Calabria
IT-RE Reggio nell'Emilia
IT-RI Rieti
IT-RN Rimini
IT-RM Rome Roma
IT-RO Rovigo
IT-SA Salerno
IT-SS Sassari
IT-SV Savona
IT-SI Siena
IT-SO Sondrio
IT-SR Syracuse
IT-TA Taranto
IT-TE Teramo
IT-TR Terni
IT-TP Trapani
IT-TN Trento
IT-TV Treviso
IT-TS Trieste
IT-TO Turin
IT-UD Udine
IT-VA Varese
IT-VE Venice
IT-VB Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
IT-VC Vercelli
IT-VR Verona
IT-VV Vibo Valentia
IT-VI Vicenza
IT-VT Viterbo

See also

• ISO 3166-2, the reference table for all country region codes.
• ISO 3166-1, the reference table for all country codes, as used for domain names on the internet.

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IT

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IT may stand for:

• Information technology
• Italy: ISO country code
• The IT music file format

See also: it

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It

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• It is a romantic film which tells the story of a shop girl who sets her sights on the handsome owner.
• It is a novel by Stephen King.
• It is a film version of the Stephen King novel.
• it is the English third person neuter singular pronoun. See also Gender-neutral pronoun.

See also: IT

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It (1927 film)

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It is a 1927 romantic film which tells the story of a shop girl who sets her sights on the handsome owner of the store where she works, only to find her plan endangered when a reporter writes a story claiming she is an unwed mother. It stars Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno and William Austin. Because of this film, Bow became known as the "It" girl ("It" being a euphemism for sex appeal.)

The movie was adapted by Elinor Glyn, Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton and George Marion Jr (titles) from the novel by Glyn (who has a small role as herself in the movie.) It was directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg (uncredited). In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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It (novel)

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It is a horror novel by Stephen King. It is one of his best-selling books, and a favorite among his fans, though many critics have called it overly-long and uncompelling.

The novel is the story of seven friends from the fictional town of Derry, Maine, and is told with the narrative alternating between two different time periods. In the late 1950s, when they are twelve years old, the seven discover the existence of a shape-changing monster (which they call "It") and try to kill it. They make a pact to return and fight It again if It returns. All but one of them move away from Derry and begin to forget about the events, but one of them, Mike, remains and calls them back when It begins to kill again. In the 1980s, the friends return to finish killing the monster.

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It (pronoun)

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It is a third person, neuter, pronoun in the English language.

In addition to being used for inanimate objects and abstractions, "it" is sometimes used to refer to people.

In English, pronouns such as it and its have been used to refer to babies and pets, although with the passing of the Victorian era this usage has come to be considered too impersonal, with many usage advocates arguing that it demeans a conscious being to the status of a mere thing. This use of 'it' also got bad press when various regimes used it as a rhetorical device to try and dehumanise their enemies: implying that they were little better than animals. Conversely, few people object to the use of the impersonal pronouns for animals other than pets.

• The cute little baby giggled and kicked its feet.
• We're taking it to the vet for a checkup.

'It' is still used for idiomatic phrases such as Is it a girl or a boy?. Once the gender of the child has been established, it is then normal to switch to gender-specific pronouns.

Some people propose using 'it' in a wider sense in all the situations where a gender-neutral pronoun might be desired. The advantage of using an existing word is that the language does not have to change as much. The disadvantage is the possibility of causing offence. This usage of it is currently very rare, and most commentators feel that it is unlikely to catch on.

One author who consistently wrote like this was the children's author E. Nesbit, who often wrote of mixed groups of children, and would write, e.g. 'Everyone got its legs kicked or its feet trodden on in the scramble to get out of the carriage'. (Five Children and It, p. 1)

In earlier Middle English the pronoun was hit, with the unaspirated it being an unaccented form. The genitive was his, with the new form its only arising by analogy in later Middle English.

The pronoun it also serves as a place-holder subject in sentences with no identifiable actor, such as "It rained last night."

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Italian language

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Italian is a Romance language spoken by about 62 million people, most of whom live in Italy. Standard Italian is based on Tuscan dialects and is somewhat intermediate between the languages of Southern Italy and the Gallo-Romance languages of the North. Italian has double (or long) consonants, like Latin (but unlike most modern Romance languages, e.g. French and Spanish). As in most Romance languages (with the notable exception of French), stress is distinctive.

Italian is the official language of Italy, San Marino and an official language in the Ticino and Grigioni cantons or regions of Switzerland. It is also the second official language in Vatican City and in some areas of Istria in Slovenia and Croatia with Italian minority. It is widely used by immigrant groups in Luxembourg, the United States, and Australia, and is also spoken in neighbouring Malta. It is spoken, to a much lesser extent, in parts of Africa formerly under Italian rule such as Somalia, Libya and Eritrea.

Italians say that the best spoken Italian is lingua Toscana in bocca Romana - 'the Tuscan tongue, in a Roman mouth.' The formative influence on establishing the Tuscan as the elite speech is generally agreed to have been Dante's Commedia, to which Boccaccio affixed the title Divina in the 14th century. Some people claim that Tuscan became the standard language because it's so close to Latin, but other languages spoken in Italy are even closer to Latin (e.g. sardo logudorese as well as some Southern Italian idioms). The economic power that Tuscany had at the time, specially considering Pisa's influence, gave its dialect weight, though Venetian remained widespread in the markets and streets of the Terra Firma. Also, the increasing cultural relevance of Florence in the period of Umanesimo (before Rinascimento) made its vulgare become a standard in art, quickly imported to Rome.

Italian is the language used in musical terms-such as pianoforte, fortissimo, etc.

Pronouns

Pronouns are generally unnecessary in Italian unless required to disambiguate the meaning of a sentence. Usually, the verb ending provides information about the subject.

	Singular	Plural
1st Person	io - I	noi - we
2nd Person	tu - you (one person, familiar)	voi - you (plural, familiar)
3rd Person	\lei - she Lei - you (one person, polite) lui - he	loro - they Loro - you (plural, polite)

Lei and Loro (written with a capitalized L) have special meaning in addition to their meanings as "she" and "they". Lei is the polite form of tu (which is only used for individuals one is familiar with, family members, for children, or for praying to a god), and similarly, Loro is the polite form of voi.

Verbs

Italian verb infinitives have one of three endings, either -are, -ere, or -ire. Most Italian verbs are regular.

Questions are formed by a rising intonation at the end of the sentence, as in most European languages, possibly with the reversal of the subject and verb also (see examples below).

Present Indicative Regular Conjugation Patterns

This is the basic conjugation pattern used to indicate that something is occurring now.

-are	Singular	Plural
1st Person	-o	-iamo
2nd Person	-i	-ate
3rd Person	-a	-ano

Example: mangiare, "to eat".

Io mangio. (or just Mangio.) I eat.

Antonio mangia. Antonio eats.

Antonio mangia? Does Antonio eat?

Mangia Antonio? Does Antonio eat?

guardare, "to watch"

Noi guardiamo la televisione. (or just Guardiamo la televisione.) We watch television.

-ere	Singular	Plural
1st Person	-o	-iamo
2nd Person	-i	-ete
3rd Person	-e	-ono

Example: leggere, "to read"

Leggono i libri. They read books.

Leggo il giornale. I read the newspaper.

Some regular -ire verbs conjugate normally, and some conjugate according to the -isco pattern. There is no way to tell other than to memorize which are which.

-ire (normal form)	Singular	Plural
1st Person	-o	-iamo
2nd Person	-i	-ite
3rd Person	-e	-ono

Example: partire, "to leave"

Partite. You leave. (plural; used if talking to two or more persons one is familiar with.)

Parti. You leave. (singular; used if talking to only one person one is familiar with.)

Partono. Depending on context, could mean either You leave (if addressing more than one person formally), or could also mean They leave.

-ire (-isco form)	Singular	Plural
1st Person	-isco	-iamo
2nd Person	-isci	-ite
3rd Person	-isce	-iscono

Example: capire, "to understand".

Io capisco or just Capisco. "I understand."

Capisci? "Do you understand?"

Graphemes and Phonemes of Italian

i /i/

e, é /e/

e, è /E/

a /a/

o /o/

o /O/

u /u/

Plosivess

p /p/

b /b/

t /t/

d /d/

c before velar vowels, ch- before palatal vowels, q before u in some words, k in foreign words /k/

g- before velar vowels, gh- before palatal vowels /g/

Affricates

z /ts/

z /dz/

c- before palatal vowels; ci- before velar vowels /tS/

g- before palatal vowels, gi- before velar vowels /dZ/

Fricatives

f /f/

v /v/

s /s/

s /z/

sc- before palatal vowels, sci- before velar vowels /S/

Nasals

m /m/

n /n/

gn /n_j/ palatal [n]

Laterals

l /l/

gl(i) /l_j/ palatal [l]

Vibrant

r /r/

Minimal pairs

/'fato/ - /'fatto/

/'kade/ - /'kadde/

/'kasa/ - /'kassa/

/'pala/ - /'palla/

/'karo/ - /'karro/

/'pena/ - /'penna/

Length is distinctive for all consonants except /ts, dz, S, z, n_j, l_j/.

Some common phrases

• Italian: italiano /ita'ljano/ (ee-tah-lee-AN-oh)
• hello: ciao /'tSao/ (CHAH-oh) (informal); buon giorno /'bwon 'dZorno/ (bwon JOR-noh) (good morning), buona sera /'bwona 's:era/ (BWO-na SAY-ra) (good evening)
• good-bye: arrivederci /ar:ive'dertSi/ (a-ree-veh-DARE-chi)
• please: per favore /'per fa'vore/ (per fa-VOAR-ay)
• thank you: grazie /'gradzje/ (GRAD-zee-eh)
• that one: quello /'kwel:o/ (KWEL-low) (masculine); quella /'kwel:a/ (KWEL-lah) (feminine)
• how much? quanto /'kwanto/ (KWAN-tow)
• English: inglese /iN'gleze/ (ing-GLAY-zay)
• yes: sì /si/ (see)
• no: no /no/ (no)
• sorry: scusa /'skuza/ (SKOO-zah) (familiar); scusi /'skuzi/ (SKOO-zee) (polite)
• I don't understand: non capisco /'non ka'pisko/ (known kah-PEES-koh)
• where's the bathroom?: dov'è il bagno? /do've il 'baJo/ (dow-vay-eel-ba-"spanish ñ"-oh)
• cheers (generic toast): salute /sa'lute/ (sall-OO-teh); cincin /tSin'tSin/ (cheen-CHEEN)

• cara or cara mia (feminine); caro or caro mio (masculine) - approximately means my darling or my dear; common term of endearment.

See Common phrases in different languages and Italian proverbs.

External Links

• Ethnologue report for Italian
• Free online resources for learners

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Italy

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Alternate uses: Italy (disambiguation)

The Italian Republic or Italy is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north it is bound by the Alps, where it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.

Repubblica Italiana

(In Detail)
National motto: None
Official language	Italian (+ German and Ladin in South Tyrol, Slovenian in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and French in Valle d'Aosta.)
Capital	Rome
Largest City	Rome
President	Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Prime minister	Silvio Berlusconi
Area  - Total  - % water	Ranked 69th 301,230 km² 2.4%
Population  - Total (2002)  - Density	Ranked 22nd 57'715'625 196/km²
Independence  - Date	Italian unification March 17, 1861
Currency	Euro¹ (EUR), Italian euro coins
Time zone	UTC +1
National anthem	Fratelli d'Italia
Internet TLD	.IT
Calling Code	39
(1) Prior to 1999: Lira

History

Main article: History of Italy

Italy's history is perhaps the most important one for the cultural and social development of the Mediterranean area as a whole. The country has been host to important human activities in prehistoric times, and thusly archaeological sites of note can be found in many regions: Latium and Tuscany, Umbria and Basilicata. After Magna Graecia, the Etruscan civilisation and especially the Roman Empire that came to dominate this part of the world for many centuries, came the medieval Humanism and the Renaissance that further helped to shape European philosophy and art. The city of Rome contains some of the most important examples of the Baroque.

The Italy of modern time became a nation-state belatedly - on March 17, 1861 when the states of the peninsula and the Two Sicilies were united under king Victor Emmanuel II of the Savoy dynasty, hitherto ruler of Piedmont and kings of Sardinia. The architect of Italian unification, however, was Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, the Chief Minister of Victor Emmanuel. Rome itself remained for a decade under the Papacy, and became part of the Kingdom of Italy only on September 20, 1870, the final date of Italian unification. The Vatican is now an independent enclave surrounded by Italy, as is San Marino.

The Fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini that took over in 1922 led to a disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany and Japan, and ultimately Italy's defeat in World War II. On June 2, 1946 a referendum on the monarchy resulted in the establishment of the Italian republic, which led to the adoption of a new constitution on January 1, 1948. Members of the royal family were sent into exile because of their association with the fascist regime.

Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Union, and hence joined the growing political and economic unification of Western Europe, including the introduction of the Euro in 1999.

Politics

Main article: Politics of Italy

The 1948 constitution established a bicameral parliament (Parlamento), consisting of a Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei Deputati) and a Senate (Senato della Repubblica), a separate judiciary, and an executive branch composed of a Council of Ministers (cabinet), headed by the president of the council (prime minister). The president of the republic is elected for 7 years by the parliament sitting jointly with a small number of regional delegates. The president nominates the prime minister, who proposes the other ministers (formally named by the president). The Council of Ministers (mostly, but not necessarily composed of members of parliament) must retain the confidence (Fiducia) of both houses.

The houses of parliament are popularly and directly elected by a mixed majoritarian and proportional representation system. Under 1993 legislation, Italy has single-member districts for 75% of the seats in parliament; the remaining 25% of seats are allotted on a proportional basis. The Chamber of Deputies has 630 members. In addition to 315 elected members, the Senate includes former presidents and several other persons appointed for life according to special constitutional provisions. Both houses are elected for a maximum of 5 years, but either may be dissolved before the expiration of its normal term. Legislative bills may originate in either house and must be passed by a majority in both.

The Italian judicial system is based on Roman law modified by the Napoleonic code and later statutes. A constitutional court, the Corte Costituzionale, which passes on the constitutionality of laws, is a post-World War II innovation.

Regions

Main article: Regions of Italy

Map

Italy is subdivided into 20 regions (regioni, singular regione), of which five enjoy a special autonomous status, marked by a *:

• Abruzzo
• Basilicata
• Calabria
• Campania
• Emilia-Romagna
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia *
• Latium (Lazio)
• Liguria
• Lombardy (Lombardia)
• Marche
• Molise
• Piedmont (Piemonte)
• Apulia (Puglia)
• Sardinia (Sardegna) *
• Sicily (Sicilia) *
• Tuscany (Toscana)
• Trentino-South Tyrol(Trentino-Alto Adige) *
• Umbria
• Aosta Valley (Valle d'Aosta)*
• Veneto

A region can be further subdivided into provinces.

Geography

Main article: Geography of Italy

Italy consists predominantly of a large peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, where together with its two main islands Sicily and Sardinia it creates distinct bodies of water, such as the Adriatic Sea to the north-east, the Ionian Sea to the south-east, the Tyrrhenian Sea to the south-west and finally the Ligurian Sea to the north-west.

The Apennine mountains form the backbone of this peninsula, leading north-west to where they join the Alps, the mountain range that then forms an arc enclosing Italy from the north. Here is also found a large alluvial plain, the Po-Venetian plain, drained by the Po River and its many tributaries flowing down from the Alps, Appennines and Dolomites. Other well-known rivers include the Tiber, Adige and Arno.

Its highest point is the Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco) at 4,810 m, but Italy is more typically associated with two famous volcanoes: the currently dormant Vesuvius near Naples and the very active Etna on Sicily.

Economy

Main article: Economy of Italy

Italy has a diversified industrial economy with roughly the same total and per capita output as France and the United Kingdom. This capitalistic economy remains divided into a developed industrial north, dominated by private companies, and a less developed agricultural south, with 20% unemployment.

Most raw materials needed by industry and more than 75% of energy requirements are imported. Over the past decade, Italy has pursued a tight fiscal policy in order to meet the requirements of the Economic and Monetary Unions and has benefited from lower interest and inflation rates and joined the Euro from its conception in 1999.

Italy's economic performance has lagged behind that of its EU partners, and the current government has enacted numerous short-term reforms aimed at improving competitiveness and long-term growth. It has moved slowly, however, on implementing needed structural reforms, such as lightening the high tax burden and overhauling Italy's rigid labour market and expensive pension system, because of the current economic slowdown and opposition from labour unions.

• List of Italian companies

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Italy

Italy is largely homogeneous linguistically and religiously but is diverse culturally, economically, and politically. Italy has the fifth-highest population density in Europe at 196 persons per square kilometre. Minority groups are small, the largest being the German speaking in South Tyrol (1991: 287.503 german and 116.914 italian speaking) and the Slovenians around Trieste.

Other minority groups with partly official languages include the French speaking minority in the Valle d'Aosta region; the Sardinian language on Sardinia); the Ladin language in the Dolomites mountains; and the Friulian language in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, all four being Romance languages. In addition there exist several small local minorities, such as the Occitans in the southern Piedmont valleys; the Catalans in the town of Alghero on Sardinia; Albanians in villages in Calabria and Sicily; and ancient Greek dialects in villages of Calabria.

Although Roman Catholicism is the majority religion (85% of native-born citizens are nominally Catholic) there are mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community.

Culture

Main article: Culture of Italy

Italy is well-known for its art, culture, and several monuments, among them the leaning tower of Pisa and the Roman Colosseum, as well as for its food (pizza, pasta, etc.), wine, lifestyle, elegance, design, cinema, theatre, literature, poetry, visual arts, music (notably Opera), holidays, and generally speaking, for taste.

Europe's Renaissance period began in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries. Literary achievements, such as the poetry of Petrarch, Tasso, and Ariosto and the prose of Boccaccio, Machiavelli, and Castiglione exerted a tremendous and lasting influence on the subsequent development of Western culture, as did the painting, sculpture, and architecture contributed by giants such as Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Botticelli, Fra Angelico, and Michelangelo. Modern artists include the sculptor Tommaso Geraci.

The musical influence of Italian composers Monteverdi, Palestrina, and Vivaldi proved epochal; in the 19th century, Italian romantic opera flourished under composers Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, and Giacomo Puccini. Contemporary Italian artists, writers, filmmakers, architects, composers, and designers continue to contribute significantly to Western culture.

Football is the main national sport. Italy has won the Football World Cup three times: in 1934, 1938 and 1982. Italian football has produced some of world's best football players and teams. The latter include A.C. Milan and Inter Milano FC from Milan, A.S. Roma and S.S. Lazio from Rome, Juventus from Turin, and Fiorentina from Florence.

• List of Italians
• Cinema of Italy
• Music of Italy

Holidays

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Capodanno
January 6	Epiphany	Epifania
Moveable	Easter Sunday	Pasqua
Moveable	Easter Monday	Lunedì di Pasqua
April 25	Anniversary of Liberation	Liberazione	1945
May 1	Labour day	Festa del Lavoro
June 2	Republic Day	Festa della Repubblica	1946
August 15	Assumption Day	Assunzione
November 1	All Saints	Tutti i Santi
December 8	Immaculate Conception	Immacolata
December 25	Christmas	Natale
December 26	St. Stephen's Day	Santo Stefano
December 31	New Year's Eve	San Silvestro

International rankings

• world-wide press freedom index Rank 40 out of 139 countries

Miscellaneous topics

• Communications in Italy
• Transportation in Italy
• Military of Italy
• Foreign relations of Italy
• Tourism in Italy
• Stamps and postal history of Italy
• Dishes : Pandoro.

External links

• Presidenza della Repubblica - Official site of the Italian president (in Italian)
• Parlamento - Official site of the Italian parliament (Senate in Italian only)
• gov.it Main governmental portal (in Italian)
• Farnesina, Italian Foreign Office
• Windows on Italy - More information about Italy (in English)
• Italy Banknotes

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European Union:
Austria  |  Belgium  |  Denmark  |  Finland  |  France  |  Germany  |  Greece | Ireland
Italy  |  Luxembourg  |  Netherlands  |  Portugal  |  Spain  |  Sweden  |  United Kingdom

Countries acceding to membership on May 1, 2004:
Cyprus  |  Czech Republic  |  Estonia  |  Hungary  |  Latvia  |  Lithuania  |  Malta  |  Poland  |  Slovakia  |  Slovenia

Countries of the world  |  Europe  |  Council of Europe simple:Italy

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List of people by name: It

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ia - Ib - Ic - Id - Ie-If - Ig - Ih - Ii-Ik - Il - Im - In - Io - Ip-Iq - Ir - Is - It - Iu-Iv - Iw - Ix-Iz

• Ito, Isokuro, Japanese Admiral at the Battle of the Yalu (1894)
• Ito, Lance, (born 1950), judge in Los Angeles who presided over murder trial of O. J. Simpson
• Iturbi, Jose, classical pianist of the 1940s who often included a boogie-woogie encore.
• Iturbide, Augustin de, (1783-1824), Emperor of Mexico
• Iturbide y Green, Augustin de, (1863-1925), grandson of Emperor Augustin de Iturbide

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: IT

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Modern Usage: IT

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Commercial Usage: IT

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Image Slideshow: IT

Illustrations: IT More pictures...

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Photo Album: IT

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	This act signed December 23, 1971, amended the Public Health Service Act. It strengthened the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health so that they could more effectively carry out the national effort against cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Various members of a family can be seen in a garden setting picking beans. In the background a farm house and the mountains can be seen. It is a summer day. These people are members of a large Mormon family who are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).
	Corynebacterium diphtheriae can not only affect the respiratory system, but the skin as well, where it manifests as an open wound. Credit: CDC.		During the flu outbreak of 1918 H. influenzae was termed Pfeiffer's Bacillus, where it was found in the sputum of many influenza patients, and thought to be the cause of influenza. Credit: CDC.
	"Canary" (movie) by Travis Casper. The actual graph flys much faster than this slowed down sequence, and it breathes, too.		"Surreal Sphere to Sphere" by Lennart Agborn. Use the Scrollbar to vary A. The graph initially comes up blank; you must vary A to see it.
	Hotlanta It Is!. Credit: NASA.		A Rille Runs Through It. Credit: NASA.
	The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project team today announced that it has completed efforts to ... Credit: NASA.		The Egg Nebula, also known as CRL 2688, is shown on the left as it appears in visible light ... Credit: NASA.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: IT
 

"Light it" by Jonas Volger Commentary: "My friend who is lighting a candle, you see? ;)."	"Look into it" by Noie Shives Commentary: "Blurry eye."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "IT".

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	Pulling out a seat belt in the car and buckling it.		Water splashing in the sink while it is draining.
	Coin dropping into a bowl with other coins in it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: IT

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Historic Usage: IT

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Use in Literature: IT

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Non-Fiction Usage: IT