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tech⋅nol⋅o⋅gy

[tek-nol-uh-jee]
–noun
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 technological 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.

Origin:
1605–15; < Gk technología systematic treatment. See techno-, -logy
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tech·nol·o·gy   (těk-nŏl'ə-jē)   
n.   pl. tech·nol·o·gies
    1. The application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives.

    2. The scientific method and material used to achieve a commercial or industrial objective.

  1. Electronic or digital products and systems considered as a group: a store specializing in office technology.

  2. Anthropology The body of knowledge available to a society that is of use in fashioning implements, practicing manual arts and skills, and extracting or collecting materials.


[Greek tekhnologiā, systematic treatment of an art or craft : tekhnē, skill; see teks- in Indo-European roots + -logiā, -logy.]
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tech·nol·o·gy
Pronunciation: -jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
1 : the science ofthe application of knowledge to practical purposes : applied science
2 : a scientific method of achieving a practical purpose —tech·no·log·i·cal /"tek-n&-'läj-i-k&l/ also tech·no·log·ic /-ik/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

technology jargon
Marketroid 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).
See also: solution.
(2001-06-28)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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