The general term for the means of labor, methods of arts and crafts and systems of skills created by man in the practical activity of reshaping, controlling and coordinating various elements by applying scientific knowledge. The word technology originated from the combination of the Greek words tékhnē (“art”, “dexterity”) and logos (“word”, “speech”), and means perfect technique and oration. Technology is the labor skills, dexterity, experience and knowledge developed in the course of human history, and it is a mode and method by which mankind rationally changes nature and skillfully exploits its laws. Technology in the modern sense refers chiefly to technology based on scientific theory…
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