An industry was a category of business.
In 1969, while back in Earth's past, Spock cautioned against allowing John Christopher to return to 1960s Earth with his knowledge of the future, suggesting that an unscrupulous individual might manipulate key industries, stocks, and nations using this newfound knowledge. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday")
According Quark in 2370, Plegg took a computer chip and turned it into the modular holosuite industry and brought holographic entertainment to the most remote parts of the Alpha Quadrant which created profit centers from societies that could barely afford to feed their own people. (DS9: "The Alternate")
Types of industries[]
See also[]
- Industrial complex
- Industrial development
- Pre-industrial
- Post-industrial
- Industrial fabrication facility
- Industrial infrastructure
- Industrial lubricant
- Industrial pollutant
- Industrial replicator
- Industrial scale
- Industrial waste