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 +'''High tech''' is [[technology]] that is at the [[cutting edge]]—the most advanced technology currently available. The adjective form is hyphenated: '''high-tech''' or '''high-technology'''. (There is also an [[architectural style]] known as [[High-tech architecture|high tech]]).
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 +There is no specific class of technology that is high tech—the definition shifts over time—so products [[hype]]d as high tech in the 1960s would now be considered, if not exactly [[low-technology|low tech]], then at least somewhat primitive. This fuzzy definition has led to marketing departments describing nearly all new products as high tech.
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High tech is technology that is at the cutting edge—the most advanced technology currently available. The adjective form is hyphenated: high-tech or high-technology. (There is also an architectural style known as high tech).

There is no specific class of technology that is high tech—the definition shifts over time—so products hyped as high tech in the 1960s would now be considered, if not exactly low tech, then at least somewhat primitive. This fuzzy definition has led to marketing departments describing nearly all new products as high tech.



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