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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Science | A branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws |
| Technology | The branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science |
| Iterative | Repeating, cyclical Innovation: A new way of doing something; an improvement on an existing form, composition or processes |
| Constraint | Limitation or restriction Trade-off: The exchange of one thing for another of more or less equal value, especially to affect a compromise |
| Ergonomics | Human factors engineering, an applied science that Standards: Of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations |
| Inventions | A new, useful process, machine, improvement, etc., that did not exist previously and that is recognized as the product of some unique intuition or genius, as distinguished from ordinary mechanical skill or craftsmanship |
| Entrepreneur | A person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk |
| Economics | Financial considerations; the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption f goods and services, or the material welfare of human kind |
| Models | A representation, generally in miniature, to show the construction or appearance of something; a simplified representation of a system or phenomenon, as in the sciences or economics, with any hypotheses required to describe the system or explain the phenomenon, often mathematically |
| Criteria | A standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something Ethics: A system of moral principles |
| System | An assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole Infrastructure |
| Infrastructure | the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and school |
| Capital | The wealth, whether in money or property, owned or employed in business by an individual, firm, corporation, etc |
| Society | A highly structured system of human organization for large-scale community living that normally furnishes protection, continuity, security, and a national identity for its members |
| Culture | The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular, social, ethnic, or age group |
| Smelting | To fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained; to obtain or refine (metal) in this way |
| Alloy | A substance composed of two or metals, or of a metal or metals with non-metals, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electro-deposition |
| Pragmatic | Of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations |
| Artifact | Any object made by human beings, especially with a view to a subsequent use |
| Engineering | The practical application of science to commerce or industry. Generally takes the form of an artifact |
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