| term |
definition |
| technology | the use of scientific knowledge for a purpose |
| inventor | someone who uses technology in a new way to solve a problem |
| manufacturing | the production of goods and items on a large scale |
| assembly line | a way of building a product in which workers add parts to products moving down a conveyor belt |
| microchip | a small piece of material used to make computers faster, smaller, and cheaper |
| World Wide Web | a computer-based network of information sources |
| space station | a place where people can live and work in space for long periods of time |