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A number really get Information Technology (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

digit

'a number' is the definition.
(digit is a kind of number)

'really get information technology' is the wordplay.
'really get' becomes 'dig' (to dig can mean to appreciate or 'get').
'information technology' becomes 'it' (common abbreviation).
'dig'+'it'='DIGIT'

(Other definitions for digit that I've seen before include "Like It?" , "zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine" , "A small number" , "finger, perhaps" , "Finger; numeral" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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