Institute of technology (also: university of technology, polytechnic university, technikon, and technical college) is a designation employed for a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system. It may be an institution of higher education and advanced engineering and scientific research or professional vocational education, specializing in science, engineering, and technology or different sorts of technical subjects. It may also refer to a secondary education school focused in vocational training.[citation needed] The term institute of technology is often abbreviated IT and is not to be confused with information technology. 

The English term polytechnic appeared in the early 19th century, from the French École Polytechnique, an engineering school founded in 1794 in Paris. The French term comes from the Greek πολύ (polú or polý) meaning "many" and τεχνικός (tekhnikós) meaning "arts". 

While the terms "institute of technology" and "polytechnic" are synonymous, the preference concerning which one is the preferred term varies from country to country.[citation needed]
Is the institute of technology just one kind of school?
can you get different types of degrees?
is polytechnic a Latin term?
Then what kind?
where did it come from?
What school was opened in Paris?
Did it open in 1894?
When then?
Institute of technology can be shortened to what?
what else does that stand for?
Does institute of technology and polytechnic mean the same thing?
Are there advanced kinds of studies at these institutes?
What's an example?
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is a designation employed for a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system.
Yes
 range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees
No
The English term polytechnic
English
The English term 
École Polytechnique
 from the French École Polytechnique
an engineering school
an engineering school founded in 1794 in Paris
No
founded in 1794 in Paris
1794
 in 1794
IT
The term institute of technology is often abbreviated IT
information technology
 not to be confused with information technology. 
Yes
Institute of technology (also: university of technology, polytechnic university, technikon, and technical college)
Yes
 It may be an institution of higher education and advanced engineering and scientific research or professional vocational education, specializing in science, engineering, and technology or different sorts of technical subjects
advanced engineering
advanced engineering