What is the Technology Sector

The technology sector is the category of stocks relating to the research, development and/or distribution of technologically based goods and services. This sector contains businesses revolving around the manufacturing of electronics, creation of software, computers or products and services relating to information technology. The technology sector offers a wide arrange of products and services for both customers and other businesses. Consumer goods like personal computers, mobile devices, wearable technology, home appliances, televisions and so on are continually being improved and sold to consumers with new features. On the business side, companies are dependent on innovations coming out of the technology sector to create their enterprise software, manage their logistics systems, protect their databases and generally provide the critical information and services that allow companies to make strategic business decisions. The term technology sector is frequently shortened to tech sector and is used interchangeably with the technology industry.