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This article is about the important technologies that have historically increased productivity.

Productivity in general is a ratio of output to input in the production of goods and services.

Productivity is increased by lowering the amount of labor, capital, energy or materials that go into producing economic goods.

Increases in productivity are largely responsible for the increase in per capita living standards.

Academy is a type of secondary or tertiary education institutions.

Etymology.

The word comes from the Academy in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, Akademos.

Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning.

The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe.".

A computer network or data network is a telecommunications network which allows nodes to share resources.

In computer networks, networked computing devices exchange data with each other using a data link.

The connections between nodes are established using either cable media or wireless media.

The best-known computer network is the Internet.

An academic discipline or academic field is a branch of knowledge.

It incorporates expertise, people, projects, communities, challenges, studies, inquiry, and research areas that are strongly associated with a given scholastic subject area or college department.

For example, the branches of science are commonly referred to as the scientific disciplines, e.g. physics, mathematics, and computer science.

A scientist is a person engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge that describes and predicts the natural world.

In a more restricted sense, a scientist may refer to an individual who uses the scientific method.

The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science.

The term scientist was coined by the theologian, philosopher and historian of science William Whewell.

This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word.

Scientists perform research toward a more comprehensive understanding of nature, including physical, mathematical and social realms.