tech support

American  

[tek suh-pawrt] / ˈtɛk səˌpɔrt /

Also technical support

noun

1. an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.

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Etymology

Origin of tech support

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Local 99 of Service Employees International Union represents about 30,000 teacher aides, campus aides, gardeners, custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and tech support staff.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Meanwhile fears that AI assistant tools could lead to mass redundancies in India's larges customer service and tech support sectors has caused shares in the country's outsourcing firms to plunge in recent days.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

I landed a job at the University of Chicago in tech support.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

The most commonly reported fraud among older adults last year was tech support scams, in which criminals pose over the phone as technical or customer service representatives.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

Sam and Joe had become the schools roaming tech support, a rapidly spreading phenomenon among geeks as hard-pressed and technophobic school districts turned to their onetime social outcasts to help run their computer systems.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz