usability engineering

a specialty that applies knowledge of human capabilities and limitations to the design of systems (typically human–computer systems) with the goal of ensuring ease of use. This can be achieved by enhancing such attributes as design intuitiveness, learnability, and comprehensibility. See also engineering psychology; user-centered design.

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Psychology term of the day

December 22nd 2024

segmentation

1. division of a whole into parts.

2. in linguistics, the process through which a hearer separates speech into a sequence of identifiable words and phonemes.

3. the division of an animal’s body into a number of similar compartments (segments or metameres). Metameric segmentation is most apparent in annelid worms, in which the arrangement of muscles, blood vessels, nerves, and so on recurs in each segment.

4. see cleavage.