tech

tech is an abbreviation for technology, and terms that are derived from it

technical support, services providing assistance with technology products
techno, a form of electronic dance music

a technical problem, in airline jargon e.g. "the plane's gone tech"
a technician, 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 diagnostics tool for General Motors cars
Tech N9ne (born 1971), rapper from Kansas City, Missouri
Tech metal a subgenre of Heavy Metal
The Tech River in France
Ghettotech, 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 Scientology's teachings, dubbed Scientology Technology; also referred to as LRH (L. Ron Hubbard) technology as well
USS Tech Jr. (SP-1761), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission during the autumn of 1917
USS Tech III (SP-1055), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from August to October 1917
Tech is used as a nickname for many universities, including:
California Institute of Technology, also called "Caltech", a university in Pasadena, California
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, in Gembloux, Wallonia, Belgium
Georgia Institute of Technology, also called "Georgia Tech", a university in Atlanta, Georgia
Illinois Institute of Technology, also called "Illinois Tech", a university in Chicago, Illinois
Louisiana Tech University, also called "Louisiana Tech" or "La Tech", a university in Ruston, Louisiana
Tech (mascot), the fawn and white lineage of the school's English bulldog mascots

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also called "MIT", a university in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Michigan Technological University, also called "Michigan Tech", a university in Houghton, Michigan
Mid-Florida Tech, 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 Technology, also called "NMTech", a university in Socorro, New Mexico
Northwestern University's Technological Institute
Ogden-Weber Tech
Texas Tech University, also called "Texas Tech", a university in Lubbock, Texas
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (a politically incorrect reference to the school's previous guise)
Virginia Tech, in full Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 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 Education)
Brooklyn Technical High School, a New York City public high school

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