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This paper discusses a reason of co-evolution of technology and standard. In particular, we focus on standardization process that drive the evolution of technology, and we study a case analysis of co-evolution of wireless technology and standard about the wireless LAN. In result, we derive the concept of “a dynamism of contexts of meaning” to the generation of co-evolution process. In this paper, contexts of meaning are defined as the combination of the significance to devise standard and technology to realize standard. Significance to devise a standard the needs of the customer or a social problem, and so on. We think that at least two directions are in a dynamism of contexts of meaning. First, it is called “technological solution approach”. It may occur a dynamism of contexts of meaning by technological correspondence without changing significance. Second, it is called “redefinition solution approach”, and may occur by redefinition of the significance and put a technology corresponding to the significance together. If we consider a dynamism of contexts of meaning, we can design a standard effectively by thinking for variety of the significance or searching for the technology. It is effective on this occasion to consider standardization process such as technological solution approach or redefinition solution approach, and the change of the standard may produce technology evolution.
