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This is a test. Rankinke (talk) 13:53, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Etymology
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary the etymology of the words that make up the phrase "Information Infrastructure" are as follows:

Information late 14c., "act of informing," from O.Fr. informacion, enformacion "information, advice, instruction," from L. informationem (nom. informatio) "outline, concept, idea," noun of action from pp. stem of informare (see inform ). Meaning "knowledge communicated" is from mid-15c. Information technology attested from 1958. Information revolution from 1969.

Infrastructure 1887, from Fr. infrastructure (1875); see infra- + structure. The installations that form the basis for any operation or system. Originally in a military sense.

Howard Segal defines a system as

Neil Postman Technopoly: the Surrender of Culture to Technology