Chapter 7

Question 1

Ergonomics

Answer 1

the science concerned with designing comfortable and safe machines and furniture to avoid injury to the user

Question 2

Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)

Answer 2

this is the damage to parts of the body, in the case of computer users often the hangs or arms, caused by repeating the same movements many times

Question 3

Visual Display Unit (VDU)

Answer 3

any display screen which is usually part of a computer and is used to show text, numbers or graphics