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Technology - Vocabulary check
(Dictionary Cambridge; Dictionary Oxford; Wikipedia )-bleeding-edge (adj) technology : it is a category of technologies so new that they could have a high risk of being unreliable and lead adopters to incur greater expense in order to make use of them. The term bleeding edge was formed as an allusion to the similar terms "leading edge" and "cutting edge".
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-state-of-the-art (adj): the most recent stage in the development of a product, incorporating the newest ideas and features - "a new state-of-the-art hospital".
-cutting-edge (adj): very modern and with all the newest features: cutting-edge design/technology, the newest and most advanced area of an activity.
-fifth generation: thanks to the forthcoming 5G standard, digital networks are about to get even faster. 5G is the fifth generation (thus, the "G") of mobile wireless systems, a way for devices, both mobile and stationary, to send and receive data without being plugged into a wall in your home or at the office. Fifth generation computers are in designing mode with Artificial Intelligence technology.
-high technology: High technology, or high tech (sometimes also called frontier technology or frontier tech), is technology that is at the cutting edge: the most advanced technology available. The opposite of high tech is low technology, referring to simple, often traditional or mechanical technology.
-labour-saving (adj): A labour-saving device or method is one that saves a lot of effort and time.
-outdated (adj): out of date; obsolete.
-outdated (adj): out of date; obsolete.
-advanced (adj): having the most modern and recently developed ideas, methods, etc.; (of a course of study) at a high or difficult level.
-digital divide : it is a term that refers to the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communications technology, and those that don't or have restricted access. This technology can include the telephone, television, personal computers and the Internet. The major cause of the digital divide is access. Although this is the major contributing factor, there are other factors that contribute which include the following: cost of technology, access for the disabled, lack of skills, lack of education, lack of information, and lower-performance computers.
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