Tech
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Tech may refer to:
Tech is used as a nickname for many universities
, including:
- an abbreviation for technologyTechnologyTechnology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
, and terms that are derived from it- technical supportTechnical supportTechnical support or tech support refers to a range of services by which enterprises provide assistance to users of technology products such as mobile phones, televisions, computers, software products or other electronic or mechanical goods...
, services providing assistance with technology products - technoTechnoTechno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
, a form of electronic dance music
- technical support
- a technical problem, in airline jargon e.g. "the plane's gone tech"
- a technicianTechnicianA technician is a worker in a field of technology who is proficient in the relevant skills and techniques, with a relatively practical understanding of the theoretical principles. Experienced technicians in a specific tool domain typically have intermediate understanding of theory and expert...
, a worker in a field of technology e.g. "We may need to call in a tech" - Tech 2 (or Tech II), an electronic On-board diagnosticsOn-board diagnosticsOn-Board Diagnostics, or OBD, in an automotive context, is a generic term referring to a vehicle's self-diagnostic and reporting capability. OBD systems give the vehicle owner or a repair technician access to state of health information for various vehicle sub-systems...
tool for General Motors cars - Tech N9neTech N9neAaron Dontez Yates , better known by his stage name Tech N9ne , is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1999, Yates and Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. Throughout his career, Yates has sold over one million albums and has had his music featured in film,...
(born 1971), rapper from Kansas City, Missouri - Tech metalProgressive metalProgressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
a subgenre of Heavy Metal - The Tech RiverTech RiverThe Tech is a river in southern France, very close to the French-Spanish border. It runs through a valley in the Pyrénées-Orientales, in the former Roussillon, and is 84 km long. Its source is the Parcigoule Valley and it feeds the Mediterranean Sea...
in France - GhettotechGhettotechGhettotech or Detroit club music is a form of electronic dance music originating from Detroit. It combines elements of Chicago's ghetto house with electro, hip hop, techno, and grafts the perceived raunch of Miami Bass as the vocal stamp of the music. It is usually faster than most other dance...
, the genre of Miami bass-techno fusion - Tech Mo'r, a member of Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes
- A nickname for the Church of ScientologyChurch of ScientologyThe Church of Scientology is an organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system. The Church of Scientology International is the Church of Scientology's parent organization, and is responsible for the overall ecclesiastical management, dissemination and...
's teachings, dubbed Scientology Technology; also referred to as LRH (L. Ron Hubbard) technology as well, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission during the autumn of 1917, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from August to October 1917
Tech is used as a nickname for many universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
, including:
- California Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of TechnologyThe California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
, also called "Caltech", a university in Pasadena, California - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, in Gembloux, Wallonia, Belgium
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyThe Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
, also called "Georgia Tech", a university in Atlanta, Georgia - Illinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law...
, also called "Illinois Tech", a university in Chicago, Illinois - Louisiana Tech UniversityLouisiana Tech UniversityLouisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...
, also called "Louisiana Tech", a university in Ruston, Louisiana- Tech (mascot)Tech (mascot)Tech is the name of the fawn and white lineage of English bulldogs, which serves as the live mascot of Louisiana Tech University. Tech is owned by the LA Tech Student Government Association and resides with either a faculty member or local alumnus selected by the SGA. Tech XIX served as the...
, the fawn and white lineage of English bulldogs mascots
- Tech (mascot)
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
, also called "MIT", a university in Cambridge, Massachusetts - Mid-Florida TechMid-Florida TechMid Florida Tech is a public adult vocational school located in Orlando, Florida, part of Orange County Public Schools' Career and Technical Education department. Founded in 1963, it occupies a campus. It offers an array of programs that train students for skilled labor in diverse fields, from air...
, a public adult vocational school in Orlando, Florida - Miller-Motte Tech, a chain of for-profit technical colleges throughout the Southern United States
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyNew Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyNew Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a university located in Socorro, New Mexico....
, also called "NMTech", a university in Socorro, New Mexico - Northwestern University's Technological InstituteTechnological InstituteThe Technological Institute, more commonly known as "Tech", is a landmark building at Northwestern University built from 1940 to 1942.It is the main building for students and faculty in the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. The school of engineering itself was called...
- Ogden-Weber Tech
- Texas Tech UniversityTexas Tech UniversityTexas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the...
, also called "Texas Tech", a university in Lubbock, Texas - Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for BoysTunbridge Wells Grammar School for BoysTunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, also known as Tunbridge Wells Boys' Grammar School, TWGSB or "Tech", is a grammar school in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England....
in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (a politically incorrect reference to the school's previous guise) - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, popularly known as Virginia Tech , is a public land-grant university with the main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia with other research and educational centers throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and internationally.Founded in...
, also called "Virginia Tech", a university in Blacksburg, Virginia - The term TeCH is also used in Northern Ireland to refer to Institutes for Further and Higher Education (IFHE). (See; Belfast Institute for Further and Higher EducationBelfast Institute for Further and Higher EducationBelfast Metropolitan College is a further and higher education institution in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The college offers both vocational education and academic qualifications...
) - Brooklyn Technical High SchoolBrooklyn Technical High SchoolBrooklyn Technical High School, commonly called Brooklyn Tech or just Tech, and also administratively as High School 430, is a New York City public high school that specializes in engineering, math and science and is the largest specialized high school for science, technology, engineering, and...
, a New York City public high school