Tech

Tech

Tech may refer to:

* an abbreviation for technology, and terms that are derived from it
** technical support
** techno music
*a technical problem, in airline jargon e.g. "the plane's gone tech"
*Tech 2 (or Tech II), an electronic On-Board Diagnostics tool for General Motors cars
*Tech metal a subgenre of Heavy Metal
*The Tech River in France
*Ghettotech, the genre of Miami bass-techno fusion
*Tech Gash, also called "Rape"or "Darkstep", a sub genre of drum and bass music
*In Real-time strategy games, the process of researching a higher Tier
*A nickname for the Church of Scientology's teachings, dubbed "Scientology Technology"; also referred to as "LRH (L. Ron Hubbard) technology" as well

Tech is used as a nickname for many universities, including:
*California Institute of Technology, also called "Caltech", a university in Pasadena, California
*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", a university in Ruston, Louisiana
*Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a university in Cambridge, Massachusetts
*New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, also called "NMTech", a university in Socorro, New Mexcio
*Northwestern University's Technological Institute
*Texas Tech University, 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 Polytechnic Institute and State University, 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 Education)


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