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(2) - { human engineering } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "human engineering"
1: management of humans and their affairs especially in industry
2: ergonomics
Origin: 1911 ;
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[Noun] | "er*go*nom*ics" | \ ˌər-gə-ˈnä-miks \
1: an applied science concerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely —called also biotechnology, human engineering, human factors
2: the design characteristics of an object resulting especially from the application of the science of ergonomics
Origin: 1949 ;
Erg- + -nomics (as in economics);
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# 1 - { human engineering problem:1547528 }
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[ "human engineering problem" ]
1: a case where the real challenge is to modify or control human behavior rather than design a technological solution. Sometimes used sarcastically (by techies) to imply that a problem is not due to technological deficiencies, but to the fact that humans are so poorly designed.
* e.g., ... We know how to produce enough food to feed the world. Eliminating hunger is primarily a human engineering problem.
# 2 - { human search engine:5161885 }
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[ "human search engine" ]
1: Reference librarian.
* e.g., ... I googled that question our prof assigned us but didn't get any usable info, so I txted a human search engine and got the answer within a couple minutes.
# 3 - { human factors engineering:490055 }
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[ "human factors engineering" ]
1: i) the process and effects of intentionally playing on a persons attributes to achieve a goal, either directly or indirectly.
* e.g., ... I didnt want Amy going out with Mark, but i knew she was planning to go out with him on friday, so i relied on Jenny's gossip mouth by telling her best friend Cathy that Mark had VD. She told everyone else and Amy went out with me instead. Ingenious human factors engineering
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