GE-ELEC (LESSON 1) Flashcards
The word technology is a combination of two Greek words
Techne - means art, craft, or skill. Logos - means “to speak of”.
Application of knowledge to the practical aims of human life or to changing and manipulating the human environment.
Technology
Emergence of a complex set of behaviors and tool use, believed by many archaeologists to be connected to the development of modern language
PALEOLITHIC AGE (500,000 BC–10,000 BC) /Stone age
Development of composite tools: Leatherwork, basketry, fishing tackle Domestication of animals
MESOLITHIC AGE (10,000 BC – 4000 BC)
Development of agriculture, year round settlements Pottery, polished stone tools, spinning and weaving tools, wooden and stone plows, sickles
NEOLITHIC AGE (4000 BC - 2300BC)
Earliest civilizations - the development of metallurgy, mainly the combining of copper and tin to make bronze Bronze jewelry, tools, and weapons
BRONZE AGE (2300BC - 700 BC)
BRONZE AGE (2300BC - 700 BC) Iron dagger, iron chisels, small figurines, ornamental jewelry, swords, axes, spearheads
IRON AGE (700 BC – 450 AD)
The period of European history between fall of Rome and the Renaissance Wheeled plow, improved harness for horses, horseshoes, stirrups, waterwheels, crank, windmill, cast iron, cannons, mechanical clock, compass, ocean-going ships
MIDDLE AGES (450 AD-1400AD)
The transitional movement in Europe between the middle ages and modern times, marked by a humanistic revival of classical influence Telescope, microscope, thermometer, clocks, barometer
RENAISSANCE (1400AD-1750AD)
The cultural stage characterized by the first use of complex machinery, factories, urbanization, and other economic and general social changes from strictly agricultural societies Steam engine, electricity, automobile, airplane, radio, television, telephone, and rocket
INDUSTRIAL AGE (1750AD-1950AD)
Starting in the 1950s and continuing today in which the gathering, manipulation, classification, storage, and retrieval of information is central to the workings of society Transistor, integrated circuit, computer, communication satellite, digital photography, artificial heart, nuclear power plant, space shuttle
INFORMATION AGE (1950AD-Present )
Three Primary Types of Technology
Product Technology Process Technology Information Technology
Refers to use and apply design features as product build to attain optimum performance
Product Technology
Is the technology used to produce products or provide services. Cash register scanners are an example
Process Technology
Impacts communication and information collection and processing. An example of improved operations through this technology would be cross docking.
Information Technology
