technology adoption
/tɛknəˌlɒdʒɪ 'ædəpʃən/ · tech·nol·o·gy·ad·op·tion
noun
- The process of implementing and integrating new technologies into an organization or society. The company's technology adoption of cloud computing led to significant cost savings and increased efficiency.
- The rate at which a new technology is taken up by a particular group or population. The rapid technology adoption of smartphones in the past decade has transformed the way people communicate and access information.
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Did you know? The concept of technology adoption is closely related to the diffusion of innovations, a theory developed by sociologist Everett Rogers in the 1960s, which describes how new ideas and technologies spread through a population.