Technology consists of tools that improve and automate work. Its use enables organizations to reduce costs, manage resources better and offer higher quality services at lower cost. This is why it is essential for businesses to invest in technologies that increase productivity and improve business processes.
Techne (art, skill, craft) and logos are the Greek roots of the word. The word’s meaning is “the way, manner or means by which something is gained.” Technology has always been a part of the human experience. It started with the first invention of simple tools, and continues today with a wide range of advanced technologies.
In making technology, people try to bring the world closer to how they wish it to be. This requires determining what counts as an acceptable end, before thinking about how to achieve that end. It also necessitates prioritizing certain paths over others. For example, as digital cameras proliferated, analogue photography became deprioritized. That didn’t mean that analogue cameras were worse, but it meant that the process of taking and processing photographs was made harder, more time-consuming, and less gratifying.
In addition, some technologies enable people to do things they couldn’t do before. A stick beats bananas, but a person can also fashion it into a tool for cutting them. The same is true of computers, which can perform multiple functions thanks to a central processing unit that translates binary code, represented by zeros and ones. The same is true for most new tools: they have a few functions that make them useful, and many additional ones that can be added as needed.