Technology

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  technology
       n 1: the practical application of science to commerce or industry
            [syn: {engineering}]
       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}, {engineering science}, {applied
          science}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "technology":
     academic discipline, academic specialty, applied science, area,
     arena, art, concern, craft, department of knowledge, discipline,
     domain, field, field of inquiry, field of study, mechanics,
     mechanism, method, natural science, ology, province, pure science,
     science, skill, social science, specialty, sphere, study, technic,
     technical know-how, technical knowledge, technical skill,
     technicology, technics, technique
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  technology
       
           {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)