technology that is suitable for use in developing countries, because it is cheap and simple and can use local materials 中间技术（指由於价廉、简便并能使用当地原料而适用於发展中国家的技术）
a technology that comes between early and later versions, and is less successful than either 中间技术（介乎早期技术和後期技术之间，亦不如这两者成功）