Traditional Ceramics

Check out the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic.

Pottery, glass, china, fired brick are all examples of traditional ceramics.

Thanks for replying, but I have already read the articles and are still confused about a few points.

I'll quote from wikipedia,

"Types of ceramic materials

For convenience ceramic products are usually divided into four sectors, and these are shown below with some examples:

1. Structural, including bricks, pipes, floor and roof tiles

2. Refractories, such as kiln linings, gas fire radiants, steel and glass making crucibles

3. Whitewares, including tableware, wall tiles, decorative art objects and sanitary ware

4. Technical, is also known as Engineering, Advanced, Special, and in Japan, Fine Ceramics. Such items include tiles used in the Space Shuttle program, gas burner nozzles, ballistic protection, nuclear fuel uranium oxide pellets, bio-medical implants, jet engine turbine blades, and missile nose cones. Frequently the raw materials do not include clays. "

From this, can we assume that traditional ceramics are structural, refractories, and whitewares. And the rest are engineering ceramics?

Well what about glasses?

If structural components are ceramics, does this means cement are ceramics?

I hope that someone can clarify this for me, especially those who are related to this industry. Thank you