TACT glossary: technology.

: The term technology is derived from the Greek words tekhne and logos. Technique and technic(s) also come from tekhne. This Greek word and its Latin equivalent ars both belong to the same semantic field, referring primarily to a skill or practical process, a know-how and its products, be they objects or actions. Technology can, therefore, mean two things: i) either a scientific knowledge of tekhne or ii) a tekhne accompanied by science, that is, a know-how accompanied by a know-why. We shall normally understand technology to have this second meaning, as tekhne accompanied by or derived from science.