technology

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

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)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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