Category Archives: Technology

One by one, the pieces take flight: a parachute, the stowed Martian balloona Montgolfiere hot-air type, named for the French brothers who pioneered the technology in 1782and a sensor package with guidance system, radio transmitter, and video camera. Joe Pappalardo, Air & Space, June/July 2006

There's no question the industry has been subjected to a great deal of competitive pressure over the past decade or so, with promises of more to come as the Internet and wireless technology transform the way Americans receive news and information. Wall Street Journal, 14 Mar. 2006

The rapid shift in technology over the last 10 years has created an entirely new world in which viruses can replicate. While in 1989, viruses were primarily spread by sneakernet, as users walked diskettes from machine to machine, modern viruses are capable of spreading around the world in the blink of a digital eye. Sarah Gordon, Information Security, November 1999

all technology and energy revving up for the greatest clash of arms in history. William Styron, This Quiet Dust And Other Writings, (1953) 1982

Recent advances in medical technology have saved countless lives.

The company is on the cutting edge of technology.

The government is developing innovative technologies to improve the safety of its soldiers.

How can we apply this new technology to our everyday lives?

The car has the latest in fuel-saving technology.

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Contemporary Examples

And it finishes second, behind New York, for technology Innovation.

But Shawn and Craig, 47, are accused of being interested in technology as well.

Her reveals the sometimes blind, unsettling way love and technology merge.

Yet equal access to education and technology still remains a challenge.

The second feature is how to translate the technology efficiently: how to harness the power of this device for practical use.

British Dictionary definitions for technology Expand

the application of practical sciences to industry or commerce

the methods, theory, and practices governing such application: a highly developed technology

the total knowledge and skills available to any human society for industry, art, science, etc

Derived Forms

technological (tknldkl) adjectivetechnologically, adverbtechnologist, noun

Word Origin

C17: from Greek tekhnologia systematic treatment, from tekhn art, skill

Word Origin and History for technology Expand

1610s, "discourse or treatise on an art or the arts," from Greek tekhnologia "systematic treatment of an art, craft, or technique," originally referring to grammar, from tekhno- (see techno-) + -logy. 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.

technology in Science Expand

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.

technology in Technology Expand

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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