Question

What is technology development ?

Answer 1

Technology the practical application of knowledge and use of techniques in productive activities. This definition reflects a sociological concern with technology as a social product which incorporates both the ‘hardware’ of human artefacts such as tools and machines and the knowledge and ideas involved in different productive activities. Such knowledge need not depend upon science as its driving force: for example, the relatively simple forms of mechanization associated with the early industrial revolution. More recent developments in energy production and information technology may, however, depend upon innovations derived from organized science, (see also NEW TECHNOLOGY.) Sometimes technology is referred to in the narrow sense as machines, whereas wider definitions include productive systems as a whole and even work organization and the division of labour. The narrow definition tends to treat technology as autonomous and ignore the social processes involved in the design and choice of technology; more inclusive definitions make it difficult to distinguish between the technology and the social arrangements with which it is related. (See also SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGICAL DETERMINISM.)