Meanings
- uncountableThe functionality of controls on an instrument as relevant to their application.
Knobology directly relates to "KISS," the acronym for "keep it simple, stupid."
1995 April, Frederick L. Gould, Radar for Technicians: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair, McGraw-Hill Professional, page 2484 more examples
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.
Micro-level guidelines are concerned with knobology and recommend specific button styles or control and indicator choices (to use LabVIEW terminology).
2001 November, David J. Ritter, LabVIEW GUI: Essential Techniques, McGraw-Hill Professional, page 156As a beginner, you should not try to learn all the fine points of “knobology” right away.
2004 July, Terry C. Telger, transl., The Practice Of Ultrasound: A Step-by-step Guide to Abdominal Scanning, Thieme Medical Publishers, page 2Leaders need to know more than the “knobology” of the new technology. They must understand the underlying technology’s principles...
2006 February, Something Old, Something New: Army Leader Development in a Dynamic Environment, Rand Corporation, page 36
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