Technology?

Technology is:

that form of cultural activity and behavior devoted to the transformation of material objects, or to the creation of procedural systems, in order to expand the realm of practical human activities and the rang eof human alternatives.

those material objects, techniques and knowledge that allow human beings to transform and control the inanimate world

a system based on the application of knowledge, mainfested in physical objects and organizational forms, for the attainment of specific goals

a system of rationalized control over large groups of people, events and machines by small groups of technically skilled people operating through organizational hierarchy.

--Lee Trachtman, professor emeritus, Purdue U.