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Sociology ch. 8
Term | Definition |
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Knowledge gap | the difference in information that builds as groups grow up without access to technology |
E-readiness | the ability to sort through, interpret, and process digital knowledge |
Digital divide | the uneven access to technology around race, class, and geographic lines |
Technology | the application of science to solve problems in daily life |
Utility patents | patents that are granted for the invention or discovery of any new and useful process, product, or machine |
Design patents | patents that are granted when someone has invented a new and original design for a manufactured product |
Plant patents | patents that recognize the discovery of new plant types that can be asexually reproduced |
Evolutionary Model of Technological Change | a breakthrough in one form of technology that leads to a number of variations, from which a prototype emerges, followed by a period of slight adjustments, interrupted by a breakthrough |