what is the general meaning of science and technology?

Answer 1

Science, from the Latin scio," to know", means the study of all around us, to see how it works and what it is. Technology is putting that information to work in inventions to make things easier.

Answer 2

the oldest general meaning of science comes from Aristotle, writing about 2400 years ago. he pointed out that specializations were necessary for living in an urban, civilized society; nobody could master all the technologies necessary for modern living. so a person would have a specialization, or a profession like, say for example, someone who makes shoes. a man who makes shoes day in and day out will presumably develop a method and expertise that will enable him to make the best shoes, the most shoes, most efficiently, or according to whatever other criteria are required for the success of his work. this knowledge that he gains through experience or by being taught by a master was what Aristotle called a science.
2100 years later, in France, Renee Descartes gave us what we think of as modern scientific method, which says that you can make a hypothesis, or guess what the outcome of an experiment will be, and then you can test your hypothesis and observe it to see what happens using an objective or detached perspective that allows you to clearly understand the results.
the word technology comes from the ancient greek word techne, which is closer to Aristotles definition than it is to Descartes. It means a way of doing. The other part of the word comes from the greek logos, refers to a word spoken by a living voice. techne + logos = technology
We are tool using animals and pretty much anything we do is a technology of some sort; language is a technology for communicating, marriage is a technology for making families, a trumpet is a technology for making music, a car is a technology for moving things and people at high speeds.
I suppose you could expand it outside the human sphere and say that claws are a technology for getting food to stop moving, photosynthesis is a technology for turning sunlight into nutrients. there are lots of people who would disagree with me and say that these things are not developed by human ingenuity but that have evolved naturally, but that difference is not so clear when we use our human ingenuity to blatantly copy nature and create photosynthesis artificially in the laboratory.
very generally you can say that science is a way of knowing and technology is a way of doing. but keep in mind how much these things affect each other. the things that we know are very much affected by the way that we know them. for instance, we can learn and know in the way that we do because we have hands; what we can know is very connected to how we can know it. the kinds of knowing that are available to things with claws or things with beaks or really good noses means both doing and knowing in different ways

Answer 3

Just go with wiki definitions - they are fairly easy but still accurate:

"Science, in the broadest sense, refers to any system of objective knowledge. In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on the scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research."

"Technology is a broad concept that deals with a species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its environment. In human society, it is a consequence of science and engineering, although several technological advances predate the two concepts."

Answer 4

Just having the knowledge of haw things work .