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high technology  

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  • High technology refers to the applied use of sophisticated knowledge and is commonly associated with scientific and engineering innovations. High-technology industries are characterized by the broad application of innovations to a multiplicity of intermediate and end products as well as both process and product innovations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; High Technology]

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