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v. t. e. Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. [ 1] The word technology can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, [ 2][ 3] including both tangible tools such as utensils or machines, and intangible ones such as software.
Civic technology: Research and development, projects Smart cities, more responsive government Smart city, e-democracy, open data, intelligent environment: Digital scent technology: Diffusion Smell-O-Vision, iSmell: DNA digital data storage: Experiments Mass data storage Electronic nose: Research, limited commercialization [20] [21]
The history of technology is the history of the invention of tools and techniques by humans. Technology includes methods ranging from simple stone tools to the complex genetic engineering and information technology that has emerged since the 1980s. The term technology comes from the Greek word techne, meaning art and craft, and the word logos ...
Information technology is a branch of computer science, defined as the study of procedures, structures, and the processing of various types of data. As this field continues to evolve globally, its priority and importance have grown, leading to the introduction of computer science-related courses in K-12 education.
Appropriate technology is a movement (and its manifestations) encompassing technological choice and application that is small-scale, affordable by its users, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable, and locally autonomous. [ 1][ 2] It was originally articulated as intermediate technology by the economist Ernst Friedrich ...
A mindmap of ICTs. Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications [1] and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage and audiovisual, that enable users to access, store, transmit ...
General-purpose technology. General-purpose technologies ( GPTs) are technologies that can affect an entire economy (usually at a national or global level). [ 1][ 2][ 3] GPTs have the potential to drastically alter societies through their impact on pre-existing economic and social structures. The archetypal examples of GPTs are the steam engine ...
Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.It is a field of research in computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to perceive their environment and use learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals. [1]