high-tech industry

Advanced technology business

High-tech industry refers to sectors producing advanced technology—computing, biotechnology, aerospace, telecommunications, and similar fields requiring intensive research and development.

These industries typically employ highly educated workers and drive innovation: The high-tech industry has transformed the regional economy.

The term often implies rapid change, venture capital, and concentration in hubs like Silicon Valley.

Related

machine learning · autonomous vehicles · self-driving cars · microelectronics · nanotechnology · smart cities · quantum computing · wearable devices · photonics · robotics · satellite systems · precision engineering · venture capital · circuit design · intellectual property · telemedicine · 3D printing · genetic engineering

Opposites
technological sophistication

high-tech industrycottage industry

Small home-based business

sunset industry · smokestack industry · heavy industry

economic era/development stage

high-tech industryagrarian economy

Agriculture-dominated financial structure

agriculture · mining · resource extraction · subsistence farming · forestry

Family

high, higher, highest, highly, highness, tech, technical, technically, technician

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G