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  2. Obsolescence - Wikipedia

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    Technical obsolescence usually occurs when a new product or technology supersedes the old one, and it is preferred to use the new technology instead. Historical examples of new technologies superseding old ones include bronze replacing flint in hand-tools, DVDs replacing videocassettes, and the telephone replacing the telegraph. On a smaller ...

  3. Digital obsolescence - Wikipedia

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    Technical obsolescence, or the adoption of newer, more accessible technologies with the intention to replace older, often outdated software or hardware, occurring on the side of the consumer or manufacturer.

  4. Technological transitions - Wikipedia

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    Alongside external influences, internal drivers catalyse diffusion. [5] These include economic factors such as the price performance ration. Socio-technical perspectives focus on the links between disparate social and technological elements. [36] Following the breakthrough, the final phases see the new technology supersede the old.

  5. Technological determinism - Wikipedia

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    Technological determinism seeks to show technical developments, media, or technology as a whole, as the key mover in history and social change. [9] It is a theory subscribed to by "hyperglobalists" who claim that as a consequence of the wide availability of technology, accelerated globalization is inevitable.

  6. List of defunct social networking services - Wikipedia

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    A social networking service is an online platform that people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections. This is a list of notable defunct social networking services that have Wikipedia articles.

  7. Sociotechnical system - Wikipedia

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    Sociotechnical refers to the interrelatedness of social and technical aspects of an organization. [5] Sociotechnical theory is founded on two main principles: One is that the interaction of social and technical factors creates the conditions for successful (or unsuccessful) organizational performance.

  8. Rationalization (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    Weber understood this process as the institutionalization of purposive-rational economic and administrative action. To the degree that everyday life was affected by this cultural and societal rationalization, traditional forms of life - which in the early modern period were differentiated primarily according to one's trade - were dissolved.

  9. Wikipedia:Contents/Glossaries - Wikipedia

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    Main list: Lists of English words Quebec French • Language teaching terms and ideas • Rhetorical terms • Alternative words for British • Greek words for love • Case-sensitive English words • Chicano Caló words and expressions • Dacian words • English words containing Q not followed by U • English words with disputed usage • French words of Arabic origin • Frequently ...