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What does high tech mean?

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What does high tech mean?  —  Chee , Taiwan
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High tech is a short (and less formal) version of high technology. These terms are used to refer to things that involve new scientific methods or materials, especially computers.

They can be used as nouns, as in these examples:

High tech and high technology are also used as adjectives. When used as an adjective in front of a noun, the two words should be connected with a hyphen (-), as shown below: 

  • The office has become very high tech. 
  • We should be looking for a company that is more high tech. 

 

I hope this helps. 

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