Gadget vs. Technology — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gadget and Technology
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Gadget
A gadget is a mechanical device or any ingenious article. Gadgets are sometimes referred to as gizmos.
Technology
Technology ("science of craft", from Greek τέχνη, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and -λογία, -logia) is the sum of techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation. Technology can be the knowledge of techniques, processes, and the like, or it can be embedded in machines to allow for operation without detailed knowledge of their workings.
Gadget
A small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one
A variety of kitchen gadgets
Technology
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry
Advances in computer technology
Recycling technologies
Gadget
A small specialized mechanical or electronic device; a contrivance.
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Technology
The application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives.
Gadget
(obsolete) A thing whose name cannot be remembered; thingamajig, doohickey.
Technology
The scientific method and material used to achieve a commercial or industrial objective.
Gadget
Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled. Often either clever or complicated.
He bought a neat new gadget for shredding potatoes.
That's quite a lot of gadgets you have collected. Do you use any of them?
Technology
Electronic or digital products and systems considered as a group
A store specializing in office technology.
Gadget
(informal) Any consumer electronics product.
Technology
(Anthropology) The body of knowledge available to a society that is of use in fashioning implements, practicing manual arts and skills, and extracting or collecting materials.
Gadget
(computing) A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker.
Technology
(uncountable) The study of or a collection of techniques.
Gadget
(computer science) A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem. Used in constructing reductions.
We reduce an instance of 3-SAT to an instance of bird-flock-optimization, using a gadget that converts each conjunctive Boolean clause to a group of birds.
Technology
(countable) Any useful skill or mechanism that was developed or invented.
Gadget
A device that is very useful for a particular job
Technology
(archaic) A discourse or treatise on the arts.
Technology
Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.
Technology
The practical application of science to commerce or industry
Technology
The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems;
He had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study
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