knobology
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editEtymology
editNoun
editknobology (uncountable)
- The functionality of controls on an instrument as relevant to their application.
- 1982, Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982, Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies, U.S. Senate
- The proposed replacement of enroute computerized traffic control systems will undoubtedly confront the controller with a new "learning curve" to assimilate the different "knobology" and advanced display techniques.
- 1995 April, Frederick L. Gould, Radar for Technicians: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair, McGraw-Hill Professional, page 248:
- Knobology directly relates to "KISS," the acronym for "keep it simple, stupid."
- 2001 November, David J. Ritter, LabVIEW GUI: Essential Techniques, McGraw-Hill Professional, page 156:
- Micro-level guidelines are concerned with knobology and recommend specific button styles or control and indicator choices (to use LabVIEW terminology).
- 2004 July, Terry C. Telger, transl., The Practice Of Ultrasound: A Step-by-step Guide to Abdominal Scanning, Thieme Medical Publishers, page 2:
- As a beginner, you should not try to learn all the fine points of “knobology” right away.
- 2006 February, Something Old, Something New: Army Leader Development in a Dynamic Environment, Rand Corporation, page 36:
- Leaders need to know more than the “knobology” of the new technology. They must understand the underlying technology’s principles...
- 1982, Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982, Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies, U.S. Senate
Quotations
edit- 2003 December, C. A. Mobley, Michael Benson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aircraft Carriers, Alpha Books, page 247:
- This also gave the pilots a chance to practice their knobology.
- 2008 October 7, Matthew L. Wald, “For Air Traffic Trainees, Games With a Serious Purpose”, in New York Times[1]:
- Byron Hull, who manages training for the Air Route Traffic Control Centers, refers to the computer savvy of the new recruits as knobology, a neologism that describes the students’ ability to relate instrument controls to their function. In the future, experts predict, controllers will use more computer tools to handle more flights each shift.