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Technology vs Postdigital - What's the difference?

technology | postdigital |

As a noun technology

is (uncountable) the organization of knowledge for practical purposes.

As an adjective postdigital is

(arts) of or relating to a movement that renounces digital technology in favour of a return to a human approach.

technology

English

Noun

(wikipedia technology)
  • (uncountable) The organization of knowledge for practical purposes.
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    • , volume=189, issue=2, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Japan pockets the subsidy … , passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
  • All the different and usable technologies developed by a culture or people.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "technology": assistive, automotive, biological, chemical, domestic, educational, environmental, geospatial, industrial, instructional, medical, microbial, military, nuclear, visual, advanced, sophisticated, high, modern, outdated, obsolete, simple, complex, medieval, ancient, safe, secure, effective, efficient, mechanical, electrical, electronic, emerging, alternative, appropriate, clean, disruptive.

    Related terms

    * tech * techie * technical * technique * techno, techno- * technological * technology transfer * techno geek

    Derived terms

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    postdigital

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia postdigital) (-)
  • (arts) Of or relating to a movement that renounces digital technology in favour of a return to a human approach.