technology
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1.
the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
2.
the terminology of an art, science, etc.; technical nomenclature.
3.
a scientific or industrial process, invention, method, or the like.
4.
the sum of the ways in which social groups provide themselves with the material objects of their civilization.
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World English Dictionary
technology (tɛkˈnɒlədʒɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -gies | |
| 1. | the application of practical sciences to industry or commerce |
| 2. | the methods, theory, and practices governing such application: a highly developed technology |
| 3. | the total knowledge and skills available to any human society for industry, art, science, etc |
| [C17: from Greek tekhnologia systematic treatment, from tekhnē art, skill] | |
| technological | |
| —adj | |
| techno'logically | |
| —adv | |
| tech'nologist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
technology
1615, "discourse or treatise on an art or the arts," from Gk. tekhnologia "systematic treatment of an art, craft, or technique," originally referring to grammar, from tekhno- (see techno-) + -logia. The meaning "science of the mechanical and industrial arts" is first recorded
1859. High technology attested from 1964; short form high-tech is from 1972. Tech as a short form of Technical College (Institute, etc.) is Amer.Eng., attested from 1906.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
technology (těk-nŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
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Computing Dictionary
technology definition
jargonMarketroid jargon for "software", "hardware", "protocol" or something else too technical to name.
The most flagrant abuse of this word has to be "Windows NT" (New Technology) - Microsoft's attempt to make the incorporation of some ancient concepts into their OS sound like real progress. The irony, and even the meaning, of this seems to be utterly lost on Microsoft whose Windows 2000 start-up screen proclaims "Based on NT Technology", (meaning yet another version of NT, including some Windows 95 features at last).
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Example sentences
Lithium ion technology was pivotal in the transformation to small, lightweight, and low-cost portable electronics.
He writes often about science, technology, and public health.
Everything you need to know about the science and technology of the games.
In the first years of this magazine, technology was only a modest factor in its production.
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