Definition of Technology

3. Definition of Technology.

The word technology comes from Greek 'τεχνολογία' (technología); from 'τέχνη' (téchnē), meaning "art, skill, craft", and '-λογία' (-logía), meaning "study of".  The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include construction technology, medical technology, and information technology.  Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments.  Click the link for more information regarding technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology.  

Technology also can be described as the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.  In addition, technology also the terminology of an art, science, etc.; technical nomenclature and also can be defined as a technological  process, invention, method, or the like.  Moreover, the sum of the ways in which social groups provide themselves with the material objects of their civilization is also known as technology.  The following link will tell more information http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/technology.

Technology can be defined as the purposeful application of information in the design, production, and utilization of goods and services, and in the organization of human activities.  Technology definition can be divided into five main categories which known as tangible (blueprints, models, operating manuals, prototypes), low (labor-intensive technology that manipulates only coarse or gross matter and weaker forces), high (entirely or almost entirely automated and intelligent technology that manipulates ever finer matter and ever powerful forces), intermediate (semiautomatic partially intelligent technology that manipulates refined matter and medium level forces), and intangible (consultancy, problem-solving, and training methods).