high-tech
State of art
High-tech describes technology that is advanced, sophisticated, or cutting-edge: high-tech gadgets, a high-tech laboratory.
The term is relative to its era—what counts as high-tech shifts constantly.
It can modify industries, equipment, or approaches: high-tech manufacturing, high-tech solutions.
As a noun, high-tech refers to advanced technology collectively: She works in high-tech.
Atmosphere plus outer void
- nanotechnologyAtomic-scale manipulation science
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- automationSelf-operating system design
- quantumSmallest discrete unit
telecommunications · genomics · photonics · cybernetics · neural networks · clean energy · biometrics · superconductor
Sudden important advance
- inventionNew device or method
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- startupNew business enterprise
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
cutting-edge · disruption · research · development · venture · entrepreneurship · laboratory · intellectual property
Miniature semiconductor processor
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- computingProcessing data mathematically
- programmingWriting software instructions
semiconductor · silicon · data · encryption · cloud · AI · interface · binary
Study of circuits
- devicesTools or mechanisms
- gadgetsSmall mechanical contrivances
- gizmosUnspecified small devices
- hardwareMetal goods and fittings
equipment · smartphones · wearables · drones · appliances · instruments · widgets · contraptions
aerospace
Atmosphere plus outer void
- nanotechnologyAtomic-scale manipulation science
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- automationSelf-operating system design
quantum · telecommunications · genomics · photonics · cybernetics · neural networks · clean energy · biometrics · superconductor · smart materials
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
prototype · cutting-edge · disruption · research · development · venture · entrepreneurship · laboratory · intellectual property · R&D
microchip
Miniature semiconductor processor
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- computingProcessing data mathematically
programming · semiconductor · silicon · data · encryption · cloud · AI · interface · binary · networking
electronics
Study of circuits
hardware · equipment · smartphones · wearables · drones · appliances · instruments · widgets · contraptions · mechanisms
- hyphenated wordsup-to-date, pitch-black, jaw-dropping, round-the-clock, air-conditioned
- architecture stylesart deco, Art Nouveau, minimalism, modernism, Modernism
- futuristicfuturistic, holograms, holographic, space age, robots
- descriptorsnew, novel, original, innovative, modern
- architectural stylesArt Nouveau, Baroque, Bauhaus, brutalist, Byzantine
- tech aestheticssleek, futuristic, dark mode, light mode, flat design
high-techlow-tech
Not electronically complex
primitive · crude · unsophisticated · rudimentary · basic
high-techold-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
traditional · vintage · old-time · oldfangled · antique
high, technique, technology, technician, technologies, technicality, biotech, technological, low-tech