dctnl tchnlgy (cmmnly bbrvtd s dtch, r dtch) s th cmbnd s f cmptr hrdwr, sftwr, nd dctnl thry nd prctc t fcltt lrnng nd tchng. Whn rfrrd t wth ts bbrvtn, "dTch", t ftn rfrs t th ndstry f cmpns tht crt dctnl tchnlgy. n dTch nc.: Sllng, tmtng nd Glblzng Hghr dctn n th Dgtl g, Tnnr Mrrls nd Shhd lv (2019) rg "dTch s n xcptn t ndstry wnrshp nd mrkt rls" nd "dfn th dTch ndstrs s ll th prvtly wnd cmpns crrntly nvlvd n th fnncng, prdctn nd dstrbtn f cmmrcl hrdwr, sftwr, cltrl gds, srvcs nd pltfrms fr th dctnl mrkt wth th gl f trnng prft. Mny f ths cmpns r S-bsd nd rpdly xpndng nt dctnl mrkts crss Nrth mrc, nd ncrsngly grwng ll vr th wrld."
n ddtn t th prctcl dctnl xprnc, dctnl tchnlgy s bsd n thrtcl knwldg frm vrs dscplns sch s cmmnctn, dctn, psychlgy, sclgy, rtfcl ntllgnc, nd cmptr scnc. t ncmpsss svrl dmns ncldng lrnng thry, cmptr-bsd trnng, nln lrnng, nd m-lrnng whr mbl tchnlgs r sd.