In terms of the evolution of the technological component in the contemporary world, the acknowledged information age and its corresponding information society was also considered as a computer age and, in turn, a computer science society. Over time disciplines commonly associated with the application of Computer Science in conjunction with other fields of knowledge have lost their consecrated collective, computing, for a new term, that of information technology. This paper discusses the course of computing to the notion of information technology and briefly brings together elements that identify the technological component, located in political, economic and social aspects of the country and then understand the implications of the paths taken. Informatics in Brazil is portrayed in its historical aspects of dependence and market reserve, addressing the political implications of this stance. The discontinuities of the programs and governments point to a timid (or even non-existent) national information technology policy in the country, and place the economic aspect at the center at the expense of the others.