Outline of technology

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to technology:

Technology – collection of tools, including machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures used by humans. Engineering is the discipline that seeks to study and design new technology. Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments.

Components of technology

Knowledge – Awareness of facts or being competent
- Engineering – Applied science and research
- Process – Series of activities
- Science – Systematic endeavour to gain knowledge
- Skill – Ability to carry out a task
Tool – Object used to achieve a goal
- Weapon – Implement or device used to inflict damage, harm, or kill
- Utensil – Tool used for food preparation
- Equipment – Items required to exercise a certain activity
- Invention – Novel device, material or technical process
- Machinery – Powered mechanical device
Structure – Arrangement of interrelated elements in an object/system, or the object/system itself
- Building – Structure, typically with a roof and walls, standing more or less permanently in one place
- Road – Land route
- Bridge – Structure built to span physical obstacles
- Canal – Artificial channel for water
- Dam – Barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface or underground streams
- Man-made systems – Interrelated entities that form a whole
Infrastructure – Facilities and systems serving society
- Public utility – Entity which operates public service infrastructure

Branches of technology

Aerospace – flight or transport above the surface of the Earth.
- Space exploration – the physical investigation of the space more than 100 km above the Earth by either crewed or uncrewed spacecraft.
- General aviation
- Aeronautics
- Astronautics
- Aerospace engineering
Applied physics – physics which is intended for a particular technological or practical use. It is usually considered as a bridge or a connection between "pure" physics and engineering.
Agriculture – cultivation of plants, animals, and other living organisms.
- Fishing – activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping.
  - Fisheries – a fishery is an entity engaged in raising or harvesting fish which is determined by some authority to be a fishery. According to the FAO, a fishery is typically defined in terms of the "people involved, species or type of fish, area of water or seabed, method of fishing, class of boats, purpose of the activities or a combination of the foregoing features".
  - Fishing industry – industry or activity concerned with taking, culturing, processing, preserving, storing, transporting, marketing or selling fish or fish products. It is defined by the FAO as including recreational, subsistence and commercial fishing, and the harvesting, processing, and marketing sectors.
- Forestry – art and science of tree resources, including plantations and natural stands. The main goal of forestry is to create and implement systems that allow forests to continue a sustainable provision of environmental supplies and services.
- Organic gardening and farming
- Sustainable agriculture
Communication
- Books
- Telecommunication – the transfer of information at a distance, including signaling, telegraphy, telephony, telemetry, radio, television, and data communications.
  - Radio – Aural or encoded telecommunications.
  - Internet – the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP).
  - Technology of television
    - Television broadcasting – Visual and aural telecommunications.
Computing – any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computers. Computing includes designing and building hardware and software systems; processing, structuring, and managing various kinds of information; doing scientific research on and with computers; making computer systems behave intelligently; creating and using communications and entertainment media; and more.
- Computer engineering – discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems, from designing individual microprocessors, personal computers, and supercomputers, to circuit design.
  - Computers – general purpose devices that can be programmed to carry out a finite set of arithmetic or logical operations. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, computers can solve more than one kind of problem.
- Computer science – the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems.
  - Artificial intelligence – intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that aims to create it.
    - Natural language processing
    - Object recognition – in computer vision, this is the task of finding a given object in an image or video sequence.
  - Cryptography – the technology to secure communications in the presence of third parties.
  - Human-computer interaction
- Information technology – the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications.
- Software engineering – the systematic approach to the development, operation, maintenance, and retirement of computer software.
  - Programming – the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.
  - Software development – development of a software product, which entails computer programming (process of writing and maintaining the source code), but also encompasses a planned and structured process from the conception of the desired software to its final manifestation.
  - Web design and web development
- Software – one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of the computer for one or more purposes. In other words, software is a set of programs, procedures, algorithms and its documentation concerned with the operation of a data processing system.
  - Free software – software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction.
  - Search engines – information retrieval systems designed to help find information stored on a computer system.
- Internet – the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP).
  - World Wide Web
- Computer industry
  - Apple Inc. – manufacturer and retailer of computers, hand-held computing devices, and related products and services.
  - Google – Google Inc. and its Internet services including Google Search.
Construction – building or assembly of any physical structure.
Design – the art and science of creating the abstract form and function for an object or environment.
- Architecture – the art and science of designing buildings.
Electronics – Electronics comprises the physics, engineering, technology and applications that deal with the emission, flow and control of electrons in vacuum and matter.
Energy – In physics, energy is the quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object.
- Energy development – ongoing effort to provide abundant, efficient, and accessible energy resources through knowledge, skills, and construction.
- Energy storage – the storage of a form of energy that can then be used later.
- Nuclear technology – the technology and application of the spontaneous and induced reactions of atomic nuclei.
- Wind energy – wind energy is the use of wind to provide the mechanical power through wind turbines to turn electric generators and traditionally to do other work, like milling or pumping.
- Solar energy – Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of ever-evolving technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaics, solar thermal energy, solar architecture, molten salt power plants and artificial photosynthesis.
Engineering – the application of science, mathematics, and technology to produce useful goods and systems.
- Chemical engineering – the technology and application of chemical processes to produce useful materials.
- Computer engineering – Computer engineering (CE) is a branch of engineering that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software.
- Control engineering – Control engineering or control systems engineering is an engineering discipline that applies automatic control theory to design systems with desired behaviors in control environments.
- Electrical engineering – the technology and application of electromagnetism, including electricity, electronics, telecommunications, computers, electric power, magnetics, and optics.
- Climate engineering – the large-scale manipulation of a specific process central to controlling Earth’s climate for the purpose of obtaining a specific benefit.
- Software engineering – the technology and application of a systematic approach to the development, operation, maintenance, and retirement of computer software.
Firefighting – act of extinguishing fires. A firefighter fights fires to prevent destruction of life, property and the environment. Firefighting is a professional technical skill.
Forensic science – application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action.
Health
- Biotechnology – applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts.
- Ergonomics – the study of designing equipment and devices that fit the human body, its movements, and its cognitive abilities.
Hydrology – The study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth and other planets, including the hydrologic cycle, water resources and environmental watershed sustainability.
Industry – production of an economic good or service.
- Automation – use of machinery to replace human labor.
- Industrial machinery
- Machines – devices that perform or assist in performing useful work.
- Manufacturing – use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale.
- Robotics – deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots.
  - Object recognition
Information science
- Cartography – the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.
- Library science – technology related to libraries and the information fields.
Military science – the study of the technique, psychology, practice and other phenomena which constitute war and armed conflict.
Mining – extraction of mineral resources from the earth.
Nanotechnology – The study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with structures sized between 1 and 100 nanometre in at least one dimension, and involves developing materials or devices possessing at least one dimension within that size.
Prehistoric technology – technologies that emerged before recorded history (i.e., before the development of writing).
Quantum technology
Sustainability – capacity to endure. In ecology, the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are examples of sustainable biological systems. For humans, sustainability is the potential for long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions.
Transport – the transfer of people or things from one place to another.
- Rail transport – means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks consisting of steel rails installed on sleepers/ties and ballast.
- Vehicles – mechanical devices for transporting people or things.
  - Automobiles – human-guided powered land-vehicles.
  - Bicycles – human-powered land-vehicles with two or more wheels.
  - Motorcycles – single-track, engine-powered, motor vehicles. They are also called motorbikes, bikes, or cycles.
  - Vehicle components
    - Tires – ring-shaped coverings that fit around wheel rims

Technology by region

History of technology

History of technology by period

Prehistoric technology (outline)
- Control of fire by early humans
Ancient technology – c. 800 BCE – 476 CE
- Ancient Egyptian technology
- Ancient Greek technology – c. 800 BCE – 146 BCE
- Ancient Roman technology – c. 753 BCE – 476 CE
- Science and technology of the Han dynasty – 206 BCE – 220 CE
- Science and technology of the Tang dynasty – 618–907
Science and technology of the Song dynasty – 960–1279 CE
Medieval technology – 5th to 15th century
- Byzantine technology – 5th to 15th century
Islamic Golden Age – 8th to 13th century
Science and technology in the Ottoman Empire – 14th to 20th century
Industrial Revolution – 18th to 19th century
Second Industrial Revolution – 1820–1914
Technology during World War I – 1914–1918
Technology during World War II – 1939–1945
1970s in science and technology
1980s in science and technology
1990s in science and technology
2000s in science and technology
2010s in science and technology

Technological ages

Stone Age – Prehistoric period before metal tools
Bronze Age – Historical period (c. 3300–1200 BC)
Iron Age – Archaeological period
The Renaissance – European cultural period of the 14th to 17th centuries
Industrial Age – Period of human history from the mid 18th to late 20th centuries
Information Age – Industrial shift to information technology

Media about the history of technology

Connections – documentary television series and 1978 book ("Connections" based on the series) created, written and presented by science historian James Burke. It took an interdisciplinary approach to the history of science and invention and demonstrated how various discoveries, scientific achievements, and historical world events were built from one another successively in an interconnected way to bring about particular aspects of modern technology. There were 3 seasons produced, and they aired in 1978, 1994, and 1997.
The Day the Universe Changed – documentary television series written and presented by science historian James Burke, originally broadcast in 1985 by the BBC. The series' primary focus is on the effect of advances in science and technology on western society in its philosophical aspects. Ran for one season, in 1986.

History of technology by region

History of science and technology in the Mediterranean
History of science and technology in Africa
History of science and technology in Asia
History of science and technology in North America
- United States technological and industrial history
- History of science and technology in Mexico
Technological and industrial history of Canada
- Technological and industrial history of 20th-century Canada
- Technological and industrial history of 21st-century Canada
Technological and industrial history of the People's Republic of China
Technological and industrial history of the United States

History of technology by field

Hypothetical technology

Potential technology of the future includes:

Hypothetical technology

Femtotechnology – hypothetical term used in reference to structuring of matter on the scale of a femtometer, which is 10−15 m. This is a smaller scale in comparison to nanotechnology and picotechnology which refer to 10−9 m and 10−12 m respectively. Work in the femtometer range involves manipulation of excited energy states within atomic nuclei (see nuclear isomer) to produce metastable (or otherwise stabilized) states with unusual properties.

Philosophy of technology

Philosophy of technology – Studies of the nature of technology

Appropriate technology – Concept in the philosophy and politics of technology
Instrumental and intrinsic value – Philosophical concept
Jacques Ellul – French sociologist, technology critic, and Christian anarchist
Paradigm – Set of distinct concepts or thought patterns
Posthumanism – Class of philosophies
Precautionary principle – Risk management strategy
Singularitarianism – Belief in an incipient technological singularity
Techno-progressivism – Stance of active support for the convergence of technological and social change
Technocentrism – Value system centered on technology and its ability to control and protect the environment
Technocracy – Form of government ruled by experts
Technocriticism – Branch of critical theory
Technological determinism – Reductionist theory
Technoethics – Ethical questions specific to the technology age
Technological evolution – Theory describing technology development
Techno-nationalism – Way of understanding how technology affects the society and culture of a nation
Technological singularity – Hypothetical point in time when technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible
Technology readiness level – Method for estimating the maturity of technologies
Technorealism – Attempt to expand the middle ground between techno-utopianism and Neo-Luddism
Theories of technology – Factors that shape technological innovation
Transhumanism – Philosophical movement

Strategy of technology

Strategy of Technology – Doctrine on how countries use technology to their advantage
Human enhancement – Natural, artificial, or technological alteration of the human body
Science – Systematic endeavour to gain knowledge
Technology – Use of knowledge for practical goals
Technology management – set of management disciplines that allows organizations to manage their technological fundamentals to create competitive advantage
Technology integration – Use of technology tools in general content areas in education
Technology intelligence
Technology life cycle – Development, ascent, maturity, and decline of new technologies
Technology roadmap – Planning technique

Advancement of technology

DARPA – Technology research and development agency of the U.S. Department of Defense
Emerging technologies – Technologies whose development, practical applications, or both are still largely unrealized
- List of emerging technologies – New technologies actively in development
Horizon scanning – Methodology in futures studies
Hypothetical technology – Technology that does not exist yet
Innovation – Practical implementation of improvements
Invention – Novel device, material or technical process
Inventor – Novel device, material or technical process
Research and development – General term for activities in connection with corporate or governmental innovation
Technological superpowers – State with extensive power or influence over much of the world
Technological transitions – Describes how technological innovations occur and are incorporated into society

Politics of technology

Politics and technology

Economics of technology

Technology education

Technology education

Technology museums

Technoseum – Technology museum in Mannheim, Germany

Technology organizations

Technology media

For historical treatments, see Media about the history of technology, above

Technology journalism

Books on technology

Engines of Creation

Technology periodicals

Websites

The Verge

Fictional technology

Persons influential in technology

References

External links

Technology news

Miscellaneous topics

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Acoustic resonance technology – An acoustic inspection technology for measuring thickness
Advanced steam technology – Evolution of steam power beyond mainstream mid-20th-century implementations
Applications of nanotechnology – Uses for technology on very small scales
Architectural technology – Application of technology to the design and architecture of buildings
Assisted reproductive technology – Methods to achieve pregnancy by artificial or partially artificial means
Assistive technology – Assistive devices for people with disabilities
Assistive technology in sport
Automatic box-opening technology – Mechanical process
Barcode technology in healthcare
Baseball telecasts technology
Bead probe technology – Technique used for in-circuit testing
Beam lead technology – Technology used to deposit metal beams onto integrated circuits for connecting them
Biomedical technology
Biotechnology – Use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products
Biotechnology in pharmaceutical manufacturing
Bleeding edge technology – Technologies whose development, practical applications, or both are still largely unrealized
Braille technology – Type of assistive technology
Brain technology – Technology that employs latest findings in neuroscience
CASY cell counting technology – Cell counting system
Calm technology – Type of information technology
Ceramic mixing technology
BOINC client–server technology – BOINC volunteer computing client–server structure
Chirotechnology – Separation of a sample of a chiral compound into its enantiomers
Circuit rider (technology) – Technology assistance organization for non-profits
Civic technology – How government use of telecom and computers interacts with the people
Clean coal technology – Combustible sedimentary rock composed primarily of carbon
Clean technology – Any process, product, or service that reduces negative environmental impacts
Close coupled field technology
Clothing technology – Technology involving the manufacturing and innovation of clothing materials
Coal upgrading technology – Product of the coal-upgrading technology that removes moisture and pollutants from lower-rank coals
Community technology
Computer technology for developing areas – Donation of technology to developing areas
Construction collaboration technology – Software for construction industry
Contesting technology – Tools for amateur radio sport
Cultural technology – South Korean media marketing system
Cycling probe technology
Cytotechnology – Microscopic interpretation of cells to detect cancer and other abnormalities
DNA nanotechnology – The design and manufacture of artificial nucleic acid structures for technological uses
Dance technology – Application of information technology application of modern information technology in activities related to dance: in dance education, choreography, performance, and research.
Demand flow technology – Strategy for business processes
Design technology – Use of technology for product design
Digital newspaper technology
Digital scent technology – The study of smelling things through a computer
Domestic technology – Usage of applied science in houses
Downhole oil–water separation technology – Oil and gas harvesting technic
Dual-use technology – Technology that can be used for both peaceful and military purposes
Dynamic video memory technology
Ecotechnology – applied science
Educational technology – Use of technology in education to improve learning and teaching
Electric transportation technology – Vehicle propelled by one or more electric motors
Electrical engineering technology
Electrofluidic display technology – Paper-like display technology
Electron-beam technology
Electrothermal-chemical technology – Plasma ignition of projectile propellent
Enabling technology – invention or innovation that can be applied to drive radical change in the capabilities of a user or culture, characterized by rapid development of subsequent derivative technologies, often in diverse fields
Energy applications of nanotechnology
Energy security and renewable technology
Energy technology – Methods bringing energy into production
Entertainment technology
Environmental biotechnology – Biotechnology applied to the natural environment
Environmental technology – Technical and technological processes for protection of the environment
Expandable tubular technology
Field-induced polymer electroluminescent technology – Electroluminescent light source
Food technology – Academic discipline regarding the preparation of foods
Frame technology (software engineering) – System manufacturing custom software
G-Technology – Professional storage products by Western Digital
General-purpose technology – Technologies that can affect an entire economy at large scale
Genetic use restriction technology – Methods for controlling the use of GMOs
Germinal choice technology – Liberal use of reprogenetics in human enhancement
Gerontechnology – Academic and professional field
Goal-line technology – Electronic aid to determine if a goal has been scored in association football
Green nanotechnology – use of nanotechnology to enhance the environmental sustainability
Greenfish recirculation technology – advanced sustainable recirculating fish farm systems
Group technology – Manufacturing technique
Gustatory technology
Haptic technology – Any form of interaction involving touch
Headspace technology – Technique of gas chromatography
Health information technology – Information technology applied to health and health care
Health technology – Application of organized knowledge and skills to solve health problems
Heart nanotechnology – Application of molecular-scale engineering to heart medicine
High-technology swimwear fabric – Scientifically advanced materials used for swimwear
Holiday lighting technology – Decorative lighting for festivities
Human performance technology
Hurdle technology – Food production safety method
Hybridoma technology – Method for producing lots of identical antibodies
Hyper-interactive teaching technology
Hypoxic air technology for fire prevention – active fire protection technique based on permanent reduction of oxygen concentration
Imaging technology – Representation or reproduction of an object's form
Immersive technology – Perception of being physically present in a non-physical world
Induction plasma technology – Type of high temperature plasma generated by electromagnetic induction
Industrial technology – Use of technology to increase the efficiency of production
Information and communications technology – Extensional term for information technology
Information and communications technology in Kosovo
Information processing technology and aging
Information technology – Computer-based technology
Internet services technology
IsaKidd refining technology
Keyboard technology – Hardware technology of keyboards
Language technology – natural language processing and computational linguistics
Large-screen television technology – Technology rapidly developed in the late 1990s and 2000s
Lithic technology – Ancient production techniques
Low technology – Simple technology
Marine technology – Technologies used in marine environments
Mature technology – technology has been in use and development for long enough that most of its initial problems have been overcome
Mechanical engineering technology – Overview of mechanical engineering technology
Membrane technology – Transport of substances between two fractions with the help of permeable membranes
Metamaterials surface antenna technology
Microblade technology – Period of technological development
Microtechnology – Technology with features near one micrometre
Military technology – Application of technology for use in warfare
Mobile technology – Technology used for cellular communication
Molecular nanotechnology
Music instrument technology – Device for making musical sounds
Music technology – Use of technology by musicians
NX technology – Desktop virtualization and application delivery software
Nana technology – Microchip-based technology for aiding older adults
Nanobiotechnology – Intersection of nanotechnology and biology
Nanotechnology – Technology with features near one nanometer
Near-infrared signature management technology – Camouflage designed to work at multiple frequencies, not just visible light
Neurotechnology – Technology that interfaces with the nervous system to monitor or modify neural function
Non-profit technology
Nuclear technology – Technology that involves the reactions of atomic nuclei
Omniview technology
Open-source-appropriate technology – Appropriate technology from the open-design movement
Orphaned technology – Technology abandoned by the original developers
Orthodontic technology – Specialty of dental technology
Particle technology – science of the processing of particles and powders
Performance acceleration technology
Persuasive technology – Technology designed to persuade
Phage-ligand technology
Phonetic search technology – method of speech recognition
Photoimageable thick-film technology
Phytotechnology – Study of plant-based technology
Picotechnology – Technology with features near one picometer
Plasma deep drilling technology
Point-to-point laser technology
Positioning technology – Technology for determining an object's location in space
Presentation technology – Tools used for conveying information
Primatte chromakey technology
Process analytical technology – type if technology
Pull technology – Style of network communication where requests are sent by the client
Pumpable ice technology – Type of technology to produce and use fluids or secondary refrigerants
Push technology – Method of network communication where requests are sent by the publisher
Quantum technology – Technological development using the laws of quantum mechanics
Radio access technology – Physical connection method for a radio communication network
Rapid transit technology – High-capacity public transport
Reproductive technology – Uses of technology in human and animal reproduction
Resolution enhancement technology – Printing technology
Rotary technology
Rubber technology
Search engine technology – System to help searching for information
Self-drying concrete technology
Semantic technology – Technology to help machines understand data
Site-specific recombinase technology – genome engineering tools
Social technology – A term of technology that enabled social interactions
Soft energy technology – Simple designs reliant on renewables
Space technology – Technology developed for use in Space exploration
Speech technology
Stealth technology – Military technology to make personnel and material less visible
Subsea (technology) – Technology of submerged operations in the sea
Surface-mount technology – Method for producing electronic circuits
Suspension array technology
Tamper-evident technology – Device or process that makes unauthorized access to the protected object easily detected
Telepresence technology – Technology used in deep sea exploration
Tennis technology – technological advance in tennis
Terahertz spectroscopy and technology
Terotechnology – Engineering term
Thick film technology
Thick-film dielectric electroluminescent technology – Optical and electrical phenomenon
Through-hole technology – Circuit board manufacturing technique
Time release technology – Mechanism that delivers a drug with a delay after its administration
Travel technology – Use of IT or ICT in the travel industry
Trenchless technology – Underground construction that minimizes surface disruption
Use of technology in treatment of mental disorders
Vehicle safety technology – Special technology developed to ensure the safety and security of automobiles
Video sensor technology
Visual technology – Engineering discipline dealing with visual representation
Wearable technology – Clothing and accessories incorporating computer and advanced electronic technologies
Wet nanotechnology
Wire rope spooling technology – Technology to prevent wire rope getting snagged when spooled on a drum
Workflow technology
X-Wind technology – Form of wind-powered mechanical or electrical generation
Xpress technology – Broadcom's standards-based frame-bursting approach to improve 802.11g wireless LAN performance
Advanced technology – Most advanced technology available
Appropriate technology – Concept in the philosophy and politics of technology
Alternative technology – a form of technology that is less harmful to the environment than the usual or current form of technology
Al Gore and information technology
Assistive technology service provider
Best available technology – Approved environmental solutions
Biotechnology and genetic engineering in Bangladesh
Biotechnology consulting
Biotechnology industry in China
Brazilian science and technology
Buddhist influences on print technology
Bullying in information technology – Form of workplace bullying
Chief technology officer – Officer in charge of technical operations
Community technology center – A public place where people can access digital technologies
Comparison of display technology
Competitions and prizes in biotechnology
Consumer adoption of technological innovations
Corporate governance of information technology – Subset discipline of corporate governance
Critique of technology
Democratization of technology – Spread and access to technology
Differential technological development – Strategy of technology governance
Directive on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions – European Union directive in the field of patent law
Drexler–Smalley debate on molecular nanotechnology
Economic and Technological Development Zones – Zones in China for foreign direct investment
Educational technology in Saudi Arabia
Ethics of technology – Ethical questions specific to the technology age
Environmental impact of nanotechnology
Etiquette in technology – Code of behavior for use of the Internet
Fail-safes in nanotechnology – nanotechnology devices/features that would cause minimum harm to others in the event of failure
Glossary of legal terms in technology
Goans in science and technology
Health impact of nanotechnology
Health technology assessment – Field of policy analysis
Hydrogen energy vision and technology roadmap – Chinese government plan
Impact of nanotechnology
Industrial applications of nanotechnology
Information technology architecture – methodical development of specifications, models and guidelines for information technology
Information technology audit – Examination of an information system
Information technology consulting – Field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology
Information technology controls
Information technology in Bangladesh
Information technology in India
Information technology in Morocco
Information technology in Pakistan
Information technology management
Information technology operations – Planning and operation of data centers
Information technology outsourcing – Contracting formerly internal tasks to an external organization
Information technology planning
Information technology security audit – Independent examination of knowledge protection mechanisms
Information technology specialist – United States Army Positions
Instrumental conception of technology – Philosophical concept
Investment-specific technological progress
List of DNA nanotechnology research groups
List of United States technological universities
List of advertising technology companies
List of archaic technological nomenclature
List of atheists in science and technology
List of biotechnology companies
List of computer technology code names
List of cultural, intellectual, philosophical and technological revolutions
List of information technology acronyms
List of institutions using the term "institute of technology" or "polytechnic"
List of nanotechnology organizations
List of philosophers of technology
List of science and technology articles by continent
List of steam technology patents
List of technology centers
List of largest technology companies by revenue
Marx's notebooks on the history of technology
Medical technology assessment
Mobile technology in Africa
Muslim women in science and technology
Nanotechnology education – Learning and teaching related to nanotechnology
Nanotechnology in fiction – Fictional uses of nanotechnology
Next generation of display technology
Operations and technology management
Participatory technology development – learning and innovation in international sustainable agriculture programs
Radio and television technology in Turkey
Regulation of nanotechnology
Religious response to assisted reproductive technology – Challenges for traditional communities
Response time (technology) – Time a given technological system takes to respond to an input
Science, technology and society – Academic field
Science, technology, society and environment education
Sexism in the technology industry
Social construction of technology – Theory in science and technology studies
Social shaping of technology
Societal impact of nanotechnology
Technological alliance
Technological apartheid – denial of modern technologies to Third World or developing nations
Technological applications of superconductivity
Technological change – Process of invention, innovation and diffusion of technology or processes
Technological convergence – Tendency for technologies to become more integrated over time
Technological determinism – Reductionist theory
Technological dualism
Technological escalation – technological version of an arms race
Technological evolution – Theory describing technology development
Technological fix – Attempt at using engineering or technology to solve a problem
Technological history of the Roman military
Technological innovation system – technological innovation
Technological momentum
Technological nationalism – Way of understanding how technology affects the society and culture of a nation
Technological paradigm – technological stage
Technological rationality
Technological revolution – Period of rapid technological change
Technological self-efficacy
Technological singularity – Hypothetical point in time when technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible
Technological somnambulism – concept in philosophy of technology
Technological studies – School subject taught in Scotland
Technological theory of social production
Technological transitions – Describes how technological innovations occur and are incorporated into society
Technological unemployment – Unemployment caused by technological change
Technological utopianism – Any ideology based on the premise that advances in technology could bring a utopia
Technology acceptance model – Information systems theory
Technology adoption lifecycle – Sociological model
Technology alignment
Technology and Construction Court – Division of the English High Court of Justice
Technology and Culture – journal
Technology and Entertainment Software – Brand used by two former video game developers
Technology and Livelihood Education – Learning area of the Philippine curriculum
Technology and society
Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life: A Philosophical Inquiry – book by Albert Borgmann
Technology assessment – Research area dealing with trends in science and technology and related social developments
Technology aware design
Technology brokering
Technology company – Company focused on technology
Technology demonstration – Showcasing an idea for new technology
Technology doping – Practice of gaining a competitive advantage using sports equipment
Technology dynamics – Scientific field
Technology education – Education in processes and use of technology
Technology evangelist – Person who gains significant acclaim for a given technology
Technology for Improved Learning Outcomes
Technology for peace
Technology forecasting – Predicting the future of technology
Technology gap – International trade theory
Technology governance – Governance of the development of technology
Technology policy – Form of policy
Technology readiness level – Method for estimating the maturity of technologies
Technology roadmap – Planning technique
Technology scouting – element of technology management
Technology shock – sudden changes in technology that significantly affect economic, social, political or other outcomes
Technology stack – Set of software subsystems or components needed to create a complete platform
Technology strategy – overall plan which consists of objectives, principles and tactics relating to use of technologies within a particular organization
Technology support net
Technology trajectory
Technology-enhanced active learning
Technology transfer – Process of disseminating technology
Technology transfer in computer science – subclass of technology transfer
Technology treadmill
Technology tree – Diagram used in strategy computer games
Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology – Information systems user theory
The Beatles' recording technology
Technology CAD – branch of electronic design automation that models semiconductor fabrication and semiconductor device operation
Techno-lodge
Techno-organic virus – Fictional virus
Techno-progressivism – Stance of active support for the convergence of technological and social change
Techno-thriller – Thriller sub-genre with high level of technical detail
Technoavia – aircraft design company, main production is located at Smolensk Aviation Plant
Technobabble – Jargon-sounding nonsense
Technobots
Technoboy – Italian hardstyle DJ
Technocapitalism – Changes in capitalism associated with the emergence of new technology sectors
Technocentrism – Value system centered on technology and its ability to control and protect the environment
Technoclash – 1993 video game
Technocosmos
Technocracy – Form of government ruled by experts
Technocracy movement – 1930s North American social movement
Technocrane – Telescopic camera crane
Technocriticism – Branch of critical theory
Technoculture – interactions between, and politics of, technology and culture
Technodelic – 1981 studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Technodiktator – album by Turmion Kätilöt
Technodon – 1993 studio album by Yellow Magic Orchestra
Technoetic – neologism for the emergent field of technē & noetic theory of consciousness research.
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Technoflash – television series
Technogaianism – Stance favoring technology development to fight climate change and existential threats
Technographic segmentation
Technogypsie
Technolangue/Easy – French syntactic parsing project
Technoliberalism – Political philosophy
Technolibertarianism – Political philosophy
Technologic – 2005 song by Daft Punk
Technologie – American alternative rock band
Technometrics – journal
Technomimetics
Technopaganism – Merging of neopaganism and magical ritual with digital technologies
Technoparade – Parade of vehicles playing electronic dance music
Technophilia – Strong enthusiasm for technology
Technophobia – Fear or discomfort with advanced technology
Technophoby – Canadian musical project
Technopoly – 1992 book by Neil Postman
Technorealism – Attempt to expand the middle ground between techno-utopianism and Neo-Luddism
Technoromanticism – Human evolution
Technoscience – human application of technology and modern scientific methods
Technoself – Human identity in a technological society
Technosexual – Male personality type
Technosignature – Property that provides scientific evidence for the presence of technology
Technostress – Stress caused by technology
Technostructure – Bureaucrats who shape an organisations's economy
Technothlon
Technozion – Engineering institute in Warangal, India

Outline of technology

Contents

Components of technology

Branches of technology

Technology by region

History of technology

History of technology by period

Technological ages

Media about the history of technology

History of technology by region

History of technology by field

Hypothetical technology

Philosophy of technology

Strategy of technology

Advancement of technology

Politics of technology

Economics of technology

Technology education

Technology museums

Technology organizations

Science and technology think tanks

Technology media

Books on technology

Technology periodicals

Websites

Fictional technology

Persons influential in technology

See also

Further reading

References

External links

Miscellaneous topics