Knowledge vs. Technology

The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.

Example: ‘His knowledge of Iceland was limited to what he'd seen on the Travel Channel.’;

Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.

Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.

Example: ‘Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions.’;

Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.

Example: ‘Does your friend have any knowledge of hieroglyphs, perchance?’; ‘A secretary should have a good knowledge of shorthand.’;

(philosophical) Justified true belief

Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).

(obsolete) Information or intelligence about something; notice.

The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.

Example: ‘His library contained the accumulated knowledge of the Greeks and Romans.’;

(countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.

(obsolete) Acknowledgement.

(obsolete) Notice, awareness.

The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.

(obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge.

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.

Example: ‘Knowledge, which is the highest degree of the speculative faculties, consists in the perception of the truth of affirmative or negative propositions.’;

That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; - chiefly used in the plural.

Example: ‘There is a great difference in the delivery of the mathematics, which are the most abstracted of knowledges.’; ‘Knowledges is a term in frequent use by Bacon, and, though now obsolete, should be revived, as without it we are compelled to borrow "cognitions" to express its import.’; ‘To use a word of Bacon's, now unfortunately obsolete, we must determine the relative value of knowledges.’;

That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.

Example: ‘Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.’; ‘Ignorance is the curse of God;Knowledge, the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.’;

That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life.

Example: ‘Shipmen that had knowledge of the sea.’;

Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge.

Example: ‘Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst take knowledge of me?’;

Sexual intercourse; - usually preceded by carnal; same as carnal knowledge.

To acknowledge.

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject

Example: ‘a thirst for knowledge’; ‘her considerable knowledge of antiques’;

the sum of what is known

Example: ‘the transmission of knowledge’;

information held on a computer system.

true, justified belief; certain understanding, as opposed to opinion.

awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation

Example: ‘the programme had been developed without his knowledge’; ‘he denied all knowledge of the incidents’;

sexual intercourse.

Knowledge is a familiarity, awareness, or understanding of someone or something, such as facts (descriptive knowledge), skills (procedural knowledge), or objects (acquaintance knowledge). By most accounts, knowledge can be acquired in many different ways and from many sources, including but not limited to perception, reason, memory, testimony, scientific inquiry, education, and practice.

(uncountable) The organization of knowledge for practical purposes.

All the different and usable technologies developed by a culture or people.

(archaic) A discourse or treatise on the arts.

Industrial science; the science of systematic knowledge of the industrial arts, especially of the more important manufactures, as spinning, weaving, metallurgy, etc.

the practical application of science to commerce or industry

the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems;

Example: ‘he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study’;

the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry

Example: ‘advances in computer technology’; ‘recycling technologies’;

machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge

Example: ‘it will reduce the industry's ability to spend money on new technology’;

the branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences.

Technology (, from Greek τέχνη, techne, 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.

Example: ‘science of craft’; ‘art, skill, cunning of hand’;