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'''High technology''' ('''high tech'''), also known as '''advanced technology''' ('''advanced tech''') or '''exotechnology''',<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/advanced-technology Advanced technology definition]</ref>{{Failed verification|date=February 2024}} is [[technology]] that is at the [[state of the art|cutting edge]]: the highest form of technology available.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cortright|first1=Joseph|last2=Mayer|first2=Heike|title=High Tech Specialization: A Comparison of High Technology Centers|date=January 2001|publisher=Brookings Institution, Center on Urban & Metropolitan Policy|url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/specialization.pdf}}</ref> It can be defined as either the most complex or the newest technology on the market.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Steenhuis|first1=H.|last2=Bruijn|first2=E. J. De|title=2006 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology |chapter=High technology revisited: Definition and position |date=July 2006|chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4037187|volume=2|pages=1080–1084|doi=10.1109/ICMIT.2006.262389|isbn=1-4244-0147-X|s2cid=32767300|url=https://ris.utwente.nl/ws/files/5540635/high_technology.pdf }}</ref> The opposite of high tech is ''[[low technology]]'', referring to simple, often traditional or mechanical technology; for example, a [[slide rule]] is a low-tech calculating device.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://science.slashdot.org/story/07/09/28/1644233/know-how-to-use-a-slide-rule|title=Know How To Use a Slide Rule? - Slashdot|website=science.slashdot.org|date=28 September 2007 |language=en|access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hackaday.com/2015/11/05/slide-rules-were-the-original-personal-computers/|title=Slide Rules Were the Original Personal Computers|date=5 November 2015}}</ref><ref>Slide Rules & Calculators https://www.tnmoc.org/slide-rules-calculators</ref> When high tech becomes old, it becomes low tech, for example [[vacuum tube]] electronics. Further, high tech is related to the concept of mid-tech, that is a balance between the two opposite extreme qualities of low-tech and high-tech. Mid-tech could be understood as an inclusive middle that combines the efficiency and versatility of digital/automated technology with low-tech's potential for autonomy and resilience.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kostakis|first1=Vasilis|last2=Pazaitis|first2=Alex|last3=Liarokapis|first3=Minas|date=2023-06-20|title=Beyond high-tech versus low-tech: A tentative framework for sustainable urban data governance|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517231180583|journal=BigData&Society|volume=10 |issue=1 |language=en|doi=10.1177/20539517231180|doi-broken-date=2024-03-08 |issn=2053-9517 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

[[Startup company|Startups]] working on high technologies (or developing new high technologies) are sometimes referred to as [[deep tech]]; the term may also refer to [[disruptive innovation]]s or those based on scientific discoveries.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-20|title=What is Deep Tech and which startups are marking the road (not Uber)|url=https://www.startupbusiness.it/what-is-deep-tech-and-which-startups-are-marking-the-road-not-uber/96448/|access-date=2020-10-13|website=Startup Business|language=it}}</ref>

High-tech, as opposed to [[high-touch]], may refer to self-service experiences that do not require human interaction.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Howard|date=6 June 2019|title=Do Customers Want High Tech or High Touch?|url=https://homebusinessmag.com/sales/customer-service/customers-want-high-tech-high-touch/|access-date=2020-03-22|website=Home Business Magazine}}</ref>

== History ==
The phrase was used in a 1958 ''[[The New York Times]]'' story advocating "[[Nuclear power|atomic energy]]" for Europe: "... Western Europe, with its dense population and its high technology ...."<ref>"Atomic Power for Europe", ''The New York Times'', February 4, 1958, p. 17.</ref> Robert Metz used the term in a financial column in 1969, saying Arthur H. Collins of [[Collins Radio]] "controls a score of high technology patents in a variety of fields"<ref>Metz, Robert (1969). "Market Place: Collins Versus The Middle Man", ''The New York Times'', April 24, 1969, p. 64.</ref> and in a 1971 article used the abbreviated form, "high tech".<ref>Metz, Robert (1971). "Market Place: So What Made E.D.S. Plunge?", ''The New York Times'', November 11, 1971, p. 72.</ref>

A widely used classification of high-technological manufacturing industries was provided by the [[OECD]] in 2006.<ref>Hatzichronoglou, Thomas: "Revision of the High-Technology Sector and Product Classification", OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers, No. 1997/02, OECD Publishing, Paris.</ref> It is based on the intensity of research and development activities used in these industries within OECD countries, resulting in four distinct categories.<ref>High Tech Trademarks by John Mendenhall, Art Direction Book Co; First Edition (January 1, 1985) ISBN 0881080241</ref>

== List of countries by high tech exports ==
The following is a list of the 15 largest exporting countries of high tech products by value in thousands of [[United States dollars]], according to the [[World Bank]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=High-technology exports |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/TX.VAL.TECH.CD?most_recent_value_desc=true |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=World Bank Open Data}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheads" ;"
|-
! scope="col" | #
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Value
! scope="col" | Year
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|1||{{flagcountry|China}}||942,314,815.52||2021
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|2||{{flagcountry|Hong Kong}}||431,628,771.88||2021
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|3||{{flagcountry|Germany}}||209,744,317.15||2021
|-
|4||{{flagcountry|United States}}||169,217,253.98||2021
|-
|5||{{flagcountry|South Korea}}||163,987,147.75||2020
|-
|6||{{flagcountry|Singapore}}||159,927,958.42||2020
|-
|7||{{flagcountry|Japan}}||116,513,861.43||2021
|-
|8||{{flagcountry|Malaysia}}||108,683,179.4||2021
|-
|9||{{flagcountry|Vietnam}}||101,534,392.93||2020
|-
|10||{{flagcountry|Netherlands}}||101,168,437.61||2021
|-
|11||{{flagcountry|France}}||97,528,027.44||2021
|-
|12||{{flagcountry|Mexico}}||74,932,493.34||2021
|-
|13||{{flagcountry|UK}}||66,699,915.64||2021
|-
|14||{{flagcountry|Belgium}}||52,227,761.21||2021
|-
|15||{{flagcountry|Thailand}}||45,837,990.48||2020
|}

==See also==
{{Wiktionary|high tech}}
* [[Electronics]]
* [[Electronics industry]]
* [[Photonics|Photonics industry]]
* [[Nuclear technology]]
* [[Quantum technology]]
* [[Intermediate technology]] – sometimes used to mean technology between low and high technology
* [[Industrial design]]
* [[List of emerging technologies]]
* [[Semiconductor industry]]
* [[Big Tech]]
*[[Innovation]]

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