Technology
Meaning
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
Pronunciation
UK tekˈnɒlədʒi
US tekˈnɑːlədʒi
Example Sentences
- They are at the center of a network of 150 of the world's leading technology companies.
- There are a lot of technology companies in the city.
- A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point-challenge system, which allows a player to contest the line call of a point, a system known as [Hawk-Eye].
- The Android system really is such an impressive piece of technology.
- In the 1990s, with such companies as [Dell], [Apple] and [Gateway] competing to make useful portable computers, laptop technology rapidly advanced.
- Older phones also used computer technology, but lacked many of the parts of a computer that were too big to fit into a phone.
- Most smart phones use 3g technology to make them fast enough to practically use internet and other data features.
- Many smart phones introduced after 2010 use 4g technology including the later, even faster version of 4g known as [Lte 5g] is planned.
- Seoul has been described as the world's "most wired city", ranked first in technology readiness by [Pwc's] Cities of Opportunity report.
- Virtual reality (often just called [Vr]) is the name for computer technology that makes a person feel like they are somewhere else.
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