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Definition :

Technology, means any information (including information embodied in software) other than information in the public domain, that is capable of being used in--(i) the development, production or use of any goods or software; (ii) the development of, or the carrying out of, an industrial or commercial activity or the provision of a service of any kind. Explanation, When technology is described wholly or partly by reference to the uses to which it (or the goods to which it relates) may be put, it shall include services which are provided or used, or which are capable of being used, in the development, production or use of such technology or goods. [Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery System (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005, s. 4(l)]

Means the branch of knowledge; the knowledge and means used to produce the material necessities of a society, (New Webster's Dictionary of the English Language), Central Board of Direct Taxes v. Oberoi Hotels (India) Pvt. Ltd., (1998) 4 SCC 552.

Technology. See Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition & Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005 (21 of 2005), s. 2(l)