Technology

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  • Systematic knowledge of and its application to industrial processes; closely related to engineering and science.
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    Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word technology may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, industry, communication, transportation, and daily life. Technologies include physical objects like utensils or machines and intangible tools such as software. Many technological advancements have led to societal changes. The earliest known technology is the stone tool, used in the prehistoric era, followed by fire use, which contributed to the growth of the human brain and the development of language in the Ice Age. The invention of the wheel in the Bronze Age enabled wider travel and the creation of more complex machines. Recent technological developments, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet have lowered communication barriers and ushered in the knowledge economy. While technology contributes to economic development and human prosperity, it can also have negative impacts like pollution or resource depletion, or cause social harms like technological unemployment caused by automation. As a result, philosophical and political debates have arisen over the role and use of technology, the ethics of technology, and the mitigation of technology's potential downsides. Historical and contemporary movements like neo-Luddism and anarcho-primitivism criticize technology's pervasiveness, while adherents to transhumanism and techno-progressivism actively support technological change, viewing it as emancipatory. Many negative impacts of technology can be mitigated through technological innovations like renewable energy in transportation and industry, genetically modified crops to address soil depletion, and space exploration to mitigate global catastrophic risks.

    工学（こうがく、英: engineering）またはエンジニアリングとは、基礎科学である数学・化学・物理学などを工業生産に応用する学問。「真理の探究」を目指す基礎科学と「実用」を目指す工学の違いは絶対的ではなく、例えば電子工学や薬品生産などがあると『日本大百科全書』は述べている。これらの分野では、基礎科学・基礎研究の成果が応用科学・研究開発の中へと直接組み込まれている。 「理工学」および「医工学」も参照 日本の国立8大学の工学部を中心とした文書、「工学における教育プログラムに関する検討委員会」（1998年）では次の通り定義されている。 『世界大百科事典』では、工学は「エネルギーや自然の利用を通じて便宜を得る技術一般」とされている。工学が対象とする領域は広く、様々な工学分野に専門分化している。 詳細は「工学の一覧」を参照

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    Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word technology may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, industry, communication, transportation, and daily life. Technologies include physical objects like utensils or machines and intangible tools such as software. Many technological advancements have led to societal changes. The earliest known technology is the stone tool, used in the prehistoric era, followed by fire use, which contributed to the growth of the human brain and the development of language in the Ice Age. The invention of the wheel in the Bronze Age enabled wider travel and the creation of more complex machines. Recent technological developments, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet have lowered communication barriers and ushered in the knowledge economy. While technology contributes to economic development and human prosperity, it can also have negative impacts like pollution or resource depletion, or cause social harms like technological unemployment caused by automation. As a result, philosophical and political debates have arisen over the role and use of technology, the ethics of technology, and the mitigation of technology's potential downsides. Historical and contemporary movements like neo-Luddism and anarcho-primitivism criticize technology's pervasiveness, while adherents to transhumanism and techno-progressivism actively support technological change, viewing it as emancipatory. Many negative impacts of technology can be mitigated through technological innovations like renewable energy in transportation and industry, genetically modified crops to address soil depletion, and space exploration to mitigate global catastrophic risks.

    テクノロジー（英語: technology）または科学技術とは「特定の分野における知識の実用化」、「知識の実用化によって与えられる能力」、「科学的知識を個別領域における実際的目的のために工学的に応用する方法論」を指す概念。科学的知識をもちいて開発された機械類や道具類を指すこともある。また「エンジニアリングや応用科学を扱う、知識の一部門」ともされる。テクノロジーやテクニック（技術）の語源は古代ギリシア語「テクネー」であり、これは技術・学術・芸術・知識（エピステーメー）や制作的な知識（ロゴス）・能力等をも指す。科技、技術学、技学、技術とも。 「」も参照

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