The study of technology concerns what things are made and how things are made. Technology, from the Greek science of (practical) arts, has both a material (hardware) and an immaterial aspect. The immaterial aspect can be further split in two parts (software and ‘orgware’) leading to three conceptual aspects:
Hardware + Software + “Orgware”
Hardware: Manufactured objects (artifacts).
Software: Knowledge required to design, manufacture, and use technology hardware.
Orgware: Institutional settings and rules for the generation of technological knowledge and for the use of technologies.
Technology’s most important characteristic is continuous change.
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