"high technology" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: high technologies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} high technology (countable and uncountable, plural high technologies)
  1. Any highly technical or specialized technological application or equipment, especially one that involves complex electronics or computing Wikipedia link: high tech Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: high tech Translations (specialized technological application): تِقْنِيَّة عَالِيَّة (tiqniyya ʕāliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), 高科技 (gāokējì) (Chinese Mandarin), 高技術 (Chinese Mandarin), 高技术 (gāojìshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 高新技術 (Chinese Mandarin), 高新技术 (gāoxīn jìshù) (Chinese Mandarin), hightech [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), højteknologi [common-gender] (Danish), hightech [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), spitstechnologie [feminine] (Dutch), hátøkni (Faroese), korkea teknologia (Finnish), hautes technologies [feminine, plural] (French), technologies de pointe [feminine, plural] (French), high-tech [masculine] (French), Hochtechnologie [feminine] (German), Spitzentechnologie [feminine] (German), Hochtechnik [feminine] (German), Hightech [feminine, neuter] (German), hátækni [feminine] (Icelandic), ardteicneolaíocht [feminine] (Irish), ハイテク (haiteku) (Japanese), 하이테크 (haitekeu) (Korean), өндөр технологи (öndör texnologi) (Mongolian), høyteknologi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), høgteknologi (Norwegian Nynorsk), высо́кие техноло́гии (vysókije texnológii) [feminine, plural] (Russian), хай-те́к (xaj-tɛ́k) [masculine] (Russian), högteknologi [common-gender] (Swedish), хай-те́к (xaj-ték) [masculine] (Ukrainian), висо́кі техноло́гії (vysóki texnolóhiji) [feminine, plural] (Ukrainian)

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