high technology

noun

any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).

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Origin:
1965–70

Related forms

high-tech·nol·o·gy, adjective

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high technology

—n
	highly sophisticated, often electronic, techniques used in manufacturing and other processes

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