HISTORICAL STAGES OF FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY: PARTICULAR PROBLEMS AND THE EXTENT OF ITS STUDY
The estimation of the historical stages of formation technology: the nucleation stage of technical devices; handi-craft stage of formation of technical adaptations; stage machine technology; information-rich phase technology (automated control systems / information technology systems). Concept technology has ancient Greek etymologi-cal roots and became widespread as in the ordinary and in the scientific mind. Under the technique means a collec-tion of machines and mechanisms created by man on the basis of scientific achievements, designed to perform var-ious activities. Features development of technology contributed to the formation of six technological structures of society.