technology

TECHNOLOGY This article is about the use and knowledge of techniques and processes for producing goods and services. For other uses, see  Technology (disambiguation) . A  steam turbine  with the case opened. Such turbines produce most of the electricity used today. Electricity consumption and living standards are highly correlated. [1]  Electrification is believed to be the most important engineering achievement of the 20th century. Technology  ("science of craft", from  Greek   τέχνη ,  techne , "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and  -λογία ,  -logia [2] ) is the sum of  techniques ,  skills ,  methods , and  processes  used in the production of  goods  or  services  or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as  scientific investigation . Technology can be the  knowledge  of techniques, processes, and the like, or it can be embedded in  machines  to allow ...