Big Tech

Definitions

1. A collective term for the dominant technology conglomerates — historically Apple, Google (Alphabet), Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft — whose platforms, market capitalization, and data reach give them outsized influence over the digital economy, public discourse, and government policy. The group's composition shifts (Netflix in, Netflix out; Nvidia rising) but the concept of concentrated tech power remains.

   In plain English: The handful of enormous technology companies — like Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft — that dominate the industry.

   Example: "Every startup pitch deck has a 'what if Big Tech copies this' slide, and the honest answer is usually 'we die.'"

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