Knowra Technology life cycle Technology life cycle The progression of a technology from development and introduction through adoption and maturity to decline, transformation, or replacement by newer technologies.
Technology adoption life cycle : A model describing how different groups adopt an innovation over time, from innovators to laggards. Adoption patterns help explain why use accelerates unevenly during a technology’s growth phase.
Product life cycle : A model of a product’s market trajectory from introduction through growth and maturity to decline. It applies a similar stage pattern to commercial products, though products and underlying technologies can diverge.
Technology hype cycle : A model of public expectations for emerging technologies, moving through enthusiasm, disillusionment, and reassessment. It tracks expectations rather than a technology’s full development and commercial life.
Typewriter : A mechanical or electromechanical device that prints characters on paper when keys are pressed. Word processors and personal computers displaced typewriters in most everyday writing.
Diffusion of innovations : The process by which an innovation spreads through communication channels across a social system over time. It explains how an introduced technology moves beyond its first users.
Technology roadmapping : A planning method that links technology development milestones to product, market, and organizational goals. Roadmaps coordinate development choices with expected stages of technological change.
Technological paradigm : A shared set of principles and practices that guides problem-solving and innovation in a technological field. Paradigms describe the framework shaping many technologies, not one technology’s stage sequence.
Compact disc : An optical disc format introduced for storing and playing digital audio and later other data. Digital downloads and streaming sharply reduced its role in recorded music distribution.
S-curve : A curve that begins slowly, rises rapidly, and then levels off as growth approaches a limit. Technology performance or adoption often follows this pattern across development and maturity.
Technology forecasting : The systematic estimation of future technological capabilities, adoption, or change. Forecasts help estimate when a technology may mature or lose strategic value.
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