Wiktionary
n. high technology; the most advanced technology available. Low technologies are based on energy and power conversion into the valuable processes or products. High technologies use also information processes and artificial intelligence for such conversions.
Wikipedia
High technology, often abbreviated to high tech (adjective forms high-technology, high-tech or hi-tech) is technology that is at the cutting edge: the most advanced technology available.
As of the onset of the 21st century, products considered high tech are often those that incorporate advanced computer electronics. However, there is no specific class of technology that is high tech—the definition shifts and evolves over time—so products hyped as high-tech in the past may now be considered to be everyday or outdated technology.
The opposite of high tech is low technology, referring to simple, often traditional or mechanical technology; for example, a calculator is a low-tech calculating device.
High tech refers to "high technology". It may also refer to:
- High-tech architecture, an architectural style that emerged in the 1970s
- HiTech, a computer chess program
- Hi-Tech Automotive, a car builder and automotive design house
- Hi-Tech (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
- Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act)
Usage examples of "high tech".
The Christers saw it coming and managed to smuggle in some high tech equipment before the Empire quarantined the system, and Christers from all over the Galaxy are dying to get help to their brethren here.
The virtual freeze on high tech shipments to all but the highest priority bases was beginning to tell in more ways than one.