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tech vocab 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Human factors engineering, an applied science that coordinates the design of devices, systems, and physical working conditions with the capacities and requirements of the worker. | 1. Ergonomics |
| A standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something. | 2. Criteria |
| Limitation or restriction. | 3. Constraint |
| The behaviors and beliefs characteristics of a particular social, ethnic, or age group | 4. Culture |
| A system of moral principles | 5. Ethics |
| The exchange of one thing for another of more or less equal value, especially to affect a compromise. | 7. Trade off |
| To fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained; to obtain or refine (metal) in this way | 8. Smelting |
| A new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not previously exist and that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition or genius, as distinguished from ordinary mechanical skill or craftsmanship | 9. Inventions |
| An assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole. 11. Infrastructure- The fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools. | 10. System |