is the practical use of science including the making modification or improvement applied activity or behavior use and knowledge of tools machines techniques crafts systems methods of organization or environmental modifications or arrangement in order to solve a problem improve a preexisting solution to a problem achieve a goal or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools machinery modifications environmental arrangement and procedures. Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species ability to control and adapt to their natural environments. The word technology comes from Greek technología; from meaning art skill craft and meaning study of. The term can be applied either generally or to many specific areas examples of which include construction technology medical technology and information technology.The human species use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. The prehistorical discovery of the ability to control fire increased the available sources of food and the invention of the wheel helped humans in travelling in and controlling their environment. Recent technological developments including the printing press the telephone and the Internet have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale. However not all technology has been used for peaceful purposes; the development of weapons of ever-increasing destructive power has progressed throughout history from clubs to nuclear weapons.
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