Glossary

Popular Glossary Terms

• macroergonomics

  an approach to ergonomics that emphasizes a broad system view of desi…

• information efficiency

  the minimum amount of information the computer needs from the user di…

• brain-computer interface

  or brain-body interface; an interface directly controlled by brain…

• mode error

  a type of slip where a user performs an action appropriate to one situa…

• lockout

  an error-prevention technique that keeps somebody from doing somet…

• VR

  virtual reality; the modeling of 3-dimensional worlds that can be mo…

• capture error

  a type of slip (a kind of error) where a more frequent and more practice…

• cognitive dimensions

  T.R.G. Green’s design principles for notations & programmin…