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Technology (Greek technologia (τεχνολογία) < techne (τέχνη) "craft" + -ologia (-ολογία) "science or discipline") is the application of developments in science and engineering to benefit humanity. It may be defined as: "Solutions for real human problems by the development and application of tools, machines, materials, goods, or information in the form of skills, knowledge, processes, blueprints, plans, diagrams, models, formulae, tables, engineering designs, specifications, manuals, or instructions."
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A pump
is a device used to move matter from one place to another. A pump
displaces a volume by physical or mechanical action. One common
misconception about pumps is the thought that they create pressure.
Pumps alone do not create pressure; they only displace fluid, causing a
flow. Adding resistance to flow causes pressure. Pumps fall into two
major groups: positive displacement pumps and rotodynamic pumps. Their names describe the method for moving a fluid.
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that emerged in the 1970s, incorporating elements of high-tech industry
and technology into building design. High-tech architecture appeared as
a revamped modernism, an extension of those previous ideas aided by even more advances in technological achievements.
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- November 17: Egypt registers first domain name in Arabic
- November 14: NASA mission finds water on the Moon
- November 12: Scientists find key human language gene
- November 10: Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian academician and physicist, dies at age 94
- November 9: Former Formula 1 designer unveils new electric car
- November 8: China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans
- November 5: New ocean forming in African desert
- November 4: French structuralist Claude Lévi-Strauss dies at age 100
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Computing: Artificial intelligence • Classes of computers • Companies • Computer architecture • Computer model • Computer science • Computer security • Computing and society • Data • Embedded systems • Free software • Human-computer interaction • Information systems • Internet • Mobile Internet • Languages • Multimedia • Networks • Industrial Networks • Operating systems • Platforms • Product lifecycle management • Programming • Real-time computing • Software • Software engineering • Unsolved problems in computer science • More...
Electronics: Avionics • RF & MMIC Design • Circuits • Companies • Connectors • Consumer electronics • Digital electronics • Digital media • Electrical components • Electronic design • Electronics manufacturing • Embedded systems • Integrated circuits • Microwave technology • Molecular electronics • Water technology • Optoelectronics • Quantum electronics • RFID • Radio electronics • Semiconductors • Signal cables • Surveillance • Telecommunications • Terminology • More...
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- Transport
- Aviation • Cars (Australian, Japanese) • Bicycles/Cycling • London transport • Nautical • Roads (U.S. Roads) • Spaceflight (Human spaceflight) • Trains (Rapid transit, UK Railways, UK Trams) • UK Waterways
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