[tek-nol-uh-jee] 
| 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. |
| tech·nol·o·gy (těk-nŏl'ə-jē) n. pl. tech·nol·o·gies
[Greek tekhnologiā, systematic treatment of an art or craft : tekhnē, skill; see teks- in Indo-European roots + -logiā, -logy.] |
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)
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