technology

Technology is the usage knowledge of tools, techniques, and crafts, or is the systems or methods of organization or is a material product. The word technology comes from the word technologia, the study of something or the branch of knowledge of a discipline. Technologies affect humans as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural enviroments. The human species use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. Technology has affected society and its surroundings is many ways. In many societies technology has helped develop more advanced economies and has allowed the rise of a leisure class.