RE: is "technologies" a word?

["Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com>]

Okay, I should have focused on the use of knowledge, rather than the
acquiring of knowledge, but I still feel that the distinction I was
making is significant for determining whether "technologies" is a valid
word.  If the definition involves the use of knowledge IN GENERAL, the
plural form isn't a real word, but if the definition involves the use of
knowledge IN A SPECIFIC FIELD, the plural is valid.

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:02 PM
Subject: RE: is "technologies" a word?

Both of the definitions you give seem pretty non-standard to me
with their focus on acquiring knowledge. There are a lot of
definitions in different disciplines, but the majority of them focus
on the *use* of knowledge to produce practical results of some
type. One of the better definitions I've seen says something like
"the application of organized knowledge--including any tool,
technique, product, process, method, organization or system--
to practical tasks."

My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel
Fred Ridder
Intel
Parsippany, NJ

>From: "Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com>
>Subject: RE: is "technologies" a word?
>Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:05:28 -0400
>
>
>Well, it depends on how you define the singular "technology."  If you
>feel that it should refer solely to the GENERAL concept of acquiring
>technical knowledge and using it make technical advances, then the
>plural "technologies" would be unacceptable usage.  If, however, you
>define the singular "technology" as acquiring technical knowledge IN A
>SPECIFIC FIELD and using it to make technical advances IN THAT FIELD,
>then the plural makes sense.
>
>These days, I think it is fairly common  to talk about technology with
>respect to a specific field -- i.e., "medical technology."
>

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