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tech·nol·o·gy

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–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 Audio Help (těk-nŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
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.
Electronic or digital products and systems considered as a group: a store specializing in office technology.
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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technology
noun
1.	the practical application of science to commerce or industry
2.	the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study" [syn: engineering]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
technology [tekˈnolədʒi] noun — plural techˈnologies

(the study of) science applied to practical, (especially industrial) purposes
Example: a college of science and technology

Arabic:	تِكنولوجيا، عِلْم التِّقْنِيَّه
Chinese (Simplified):	技术，科技, 工艺学
Chinese (Traditional):	技術，科技, 工藝學
Czech:	technologie
Danish:	teknologi
Dutch:	technologie
Estonian:	tehnika, tehnoloogia
Finnish:	teknologia
French:	technologie
German:	die Technologie
Greek:	τεχνολογία
Hungarian:	műszaki tudományok; technológia
Icelandic:	tæknifræði
Indonesian:	teknologi
Italian:	tecnologia

Japanese:	科学技術
Latvian:	tehnoloģija
Lithuanian:	technologija, technika
Norwegian:	teknologi
Polish:	technologia
Portuguese (Brazil):	tecnologia
Portuguese (Portugal):	tecnologia
Romanian:	tehnologie
Russian:	технология
Slovak:	technológia
Slovenian:	tehnologija
Spanish:	tecnología
Swedish:	teknologi
Turkish:	teknoloji

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technology Audio Help (těk-nŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key

The use of scientific knowledge to solve practical problems, especially in industry and commerce.
The specific methods, materials, and devices used to solve practical problems.

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Main Entry: tech·nol·o·gy
Pronunciation: -jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
1 : the science of the 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

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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)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Technology

Tech*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? an art + -logy; cf. Gr. ? systematic treatment: cf. F. technologie.] Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.

Note: Technology is not an independent science, having a set of doctrines of its own, but consists of applications of the principles established in the various physical sciences (chemistry, mechanics, mineralogy, etc.) to manufacturing processes. --Internat. Cyc.

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