The technology has encompassed two main fields.

It also differs from classic steampunk in that technology is not just limited to machines but also encompasses biology.

The technology encompasses aspects derived from various fields of study including computer science, education, and psychology.

The technology encompasses a wide range of disparate technologies and as such is specified in various independent specifications in order to maintain programming language and application environment neutrality.

However, the general consensus is appropriate technology encompasses the ideas represented by the above list.

The technology encompasses network/transport software, virtual terminal, terminal emulation, file transfer and high-level scripting language services in the IBM/DEC host environment for use on Unix workstations as well as DOS/Windows, Macintosh and OS/2 platforms.

However, a strict definition is elusive; "technology" can refer to material objects of use to humanity, such as machines, hardware or utensils, but can also encompass broader themes, including systems, methods of organization, and techniques.

"Surely their technology must encompass that concept."

For some reason, the natives of this world had never mapped it, and the Terran Empire felt that presenting them with finished maps which their native technology could not, or would not, encompass might be a very good thing for public relations between Cottman IV and the Empire.

That technology, called multiphase lenticular imaging, can now encompass 16 "phases," permitting admirers of Ms. Moss to savor her range of smiles, from winsome to euphoric.