
Design and Applied Technology (Secondary 4-6)
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Term Description
Simulation An imitation of some real thing, state of affairs, or process. The act of
simulating something generally entails representing certain key
characteristics or behaviors of a selected physical or abstract system.
Small and
Medium-sized
Enterprises
(SME)
The companies whose headcount or turnover falls below certain limits.
They are also called small and medium-sized businesses or small and
medium businesses or SMBs.
Solution A product, combination of products, services, or a mix of products and
services that a vendor, service provider or value added reseller will
offer to their client.
Stakeholder A party who affects, or can be affected by, the company's actions and
has a direct interest in a service being provided
Supplier The one whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity.
Supramolecular
chemistry
The area of chemistry which focuses on the noncovalent bonding
interactions of molecules. It utilizes far weaker and reversible
noncovalent interactions, such as hydrogen bonding, metal
coordination, hydrophobic forces, van der Waals forces, pi-pi
interactions, and/or electrostatic effects to assemble molecules into
multimolecular complexes.
Sustainability A characteristic of a process or state that can be maintained at a certain
level indefinitely.
Trademark It can be words (including personal names), indications, designs, letters,
characters, numerals, figurative elements, colors, sounds, smells the
shape of goods, packaging or any combination of these.
Ultraviolet (UV) An electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than that of
visible light, but longer than soft X-rays.
User-centered
design (UCD)
A design philosophy and a process in which the needs, wants, and
limitations of the end user of an interface or document are given
extensive attention at each stage of the design process.
Violation An act that disregards an agreement or a right.
Visualization Any technique for creating images, diagrams, or animations to
communicate a message. Visualization through visual imagery has been
an effective way to communicate both abstract and concrete ideas since
the dawn of man.
Wholesaler The one sells goods or merchandise to retailers, to industrial,
commercial, institutional, or other professional business users, or to
other wholesalers and related subordinated services.
Wind power The conversion of wind energy into more useful forms, such as
electricity, using wind turbines.
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