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tech support

American

[tek suh-pawrt] / ˈtɛk səˌpɔrt /

Also technical support

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of tech support

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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India -- with its large customer service and tech support sectors -- could be vulnerable, and shares in the country's outsourcing firms have plunged in recent days, partly due to advances in AI assistant tools.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Restaurants can buy or lease the robot, and the company makes money as well from maintenance, software upgrades and tech support.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

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

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