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The document explores the meaning of 'technology,' clarifying that it is often confused with science and gadgetry. It defines technology as the practical application of knowledge to create new solutions and outlines five key definitions, including the rational process of transforming matter and the totality of tools and systems created. Additionally, it categorizes various types of technology, emphasizing their common purpose of problem-solving.

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Technology

The document explores the meaning of 'technology,' clarifying that it is often confused with science and gadgetry. It defines technology as the practical application of knowledge to create new solutions and outlines five key definitions, including the rational process of transforming matter and the totality of tools and systems created. Additionally, it categorizes various types of technology, emphasizing their common purpose of problem-solving.

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For something name-checked so widely throughout our society, the

precise meaning of the word “technology” is not that well-known.


“Technology” is so frequently placed in conjunction with the word
“science” that many think of the two as the same. Some equate
technology purely with gadgetry while others think somewhat hazily of
all the things that distinguish the present from the past.
In the current time the word ”technology” means more the practical
application of knowledge so that something entirely new can be done,
or so that something can be done in a completely new way.
This may be a narrow scope though, as technology includes so many
creative solutions to many everyday problems humans have faced all
throughout history.
So what is technology?
The word technology is made up of two Greek words, which are
translated as techne and logos. Techne means art, skill, craft or how
something is achieved. Logos means word, the utterance with which
the inner world is expressed. Thus, τeχνoλoγια (technologia) is the
science and systematic treatment of (practical) arts [1].
Thus, technology can be also defined in five senses:

● Firstly, technology is the rational process of creating the means


to transform matter, energy and information to achieve specific
goals.
● Secondly, technology is the totality of means (tools, devices,
systems, methods, procedures) created by the technological
process.
● Thirdly, technology is the knowledge that makes the
technological process possible. It consists of the facts and
procedures necessary to organize matter, energy and
information and the discovery of new means.
● Fourth, a technology is a subset of related technological objects
and knowledge. Information and communication technologies
and medical technologies are examples.
● Finally, technology is the system consisting of the technological
process, the technological objects, the technological knowledge,
the developers of technological objects, the users of
technological objects, and the worldview (i.e., the beliefs about
things and the value of things that shape one's view of the world)
that has emerged from and drives the technological process.
There are many different types of technology, differing in historical
invention and application, as well as by the type of problem they solve.
Types of technology include mechanical technology, medical
technology, communications technology, electronic technology, and
industrial and manufacturing technologies. Though these different
types of technology all serve different purposes, range in design, and
are applied in different ways, they all have one thing in common: they
all solve a problem.

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