Meaning & use
computer technology
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Meanings
noununcountable
The machines, programs and methods used to handle, store and send information electronically.
Grammar: No plural and no article for the general idea: computer technology has changed schools.
Patterns
- advances in computer technology
- use computer technology
Advances in computer technology have changed how doctors read scans.
The school invested in new computer technology for every classroom.
She studied computer technology at college before becoming a network manager.
noununcountable
The subject or field of study dealing with how computers are designed, built and used.
Grammar: Often a course or degree name: a degree in computer technology.
Patterns
- a degree in computer technology
He took a diploma in computer technology after high school.
Courses in computer technology often include programming and networks.
The college's computer technology department added a robotics lab.
Common combinations
- advances in computer technology
- Advances in computer technology made small phones possible.
- modern computer technology
- Modern computer technology lets us video call anyone.
- use computer technology
- Farmers use computer technology to monitor their crops.
- computer technology industry
- The computer technology industry employs millions.
- keep up with computer technology
- It is hard to keep up with computer technology.
Synonyms and how they differ
- information technology
- Information technology, or IT, is a wider term covering networks and data management as well as computers.
- computing
- Computing is shorter and covers the activity and science of using computers.
- digital technology
- Digital technology includes phones and other devices, not just computers.
- IT
- IT is the standard abbreviation in business for information technology.
Word family
- computer noun
- a machine that processes data
- computerize verb
- to equip with computers or store data on them
- computational adjective
- relating to calculation by computer
- technological adjective
- relating to technology
Commonly confused: computer technology or computer science?
computer technology vs computer science
Computer science is the theory of computing and programming, whereas computer technology stresses the equipment and its use.
Practice
Which of the following is an example of computer technology?
Choose one answer.
A tablet is an electronic device that processes data. The others are tools that do not use computers.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “computer technology”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.