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

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tech support

Someone calls claiming to be from Microsoft tech support.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

She “understood themes much better than I thought she would,” said Khaikin, 43, who lives in Albany, N.Y., and works in tech support.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 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

There are countless geek employment prospects at help desks, in maintenance and tech support.

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

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