经济合作发展组织(OECD)给技术的定义是:技术是指在整个生产过程中所应用的知识,这个过程是由产品的研究一直到销售。可见,技术是一种知识,它的属性是精神的,技术是改造自然、创造物质财富的知识,是用于生产、能够取得效益的知识;不是所有的知识都能叫技术。技术是一种系统知识,用于生产要达到应有的性能和应有的技术经济指标。对一个产品或一项工艺来说,它包括从研制到销售需要的全部知识。 The definition of technology by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is that technology refers to the knowledge applied throughout the entire production process. This process is from product research to sales. It can be seen that technology is a kind of knowledge. Its attributes are spiritual. Technology is the knowledge that transforms nature and creates material wealth. It is knowledge that is used for production and can be used to benefit; not all knowledge can be called technology. Technology is a kind of system knowledge used for production to achieve proper performance and proper technical and economic indicators. For a product or a process, it includes all the knowledge needed from development to sales.