Key terms & definitions

The number of goods or services a business produces in a given period.

Data or information sent from a program to an output device, such as text displayed on a screen.

The stage in which information is sent to the muscles so that they carry out the chosen response.

A signal or action produced by a control system, such as switching an LED on.

The use of retrieved information, such as giving an answer or performing an action.

A small statistical geographical area used to publish census results. Output areas can be combined to produce statistics for a larger area.

A component that produces a physical response, such as sound or light, when controlled by an electronic system.

The potential difference measured between two selected points in a sensing circuit.

Practical work that reaches beyond a congregation to help and serve others.

Practical work through which a church reaches beyond its congregation to help and serve others.

The collective name for the Crusader states established in the eastern Mediterranean during and after the First Crusade; the French word means ‘overseas’.

Hiring an external organisation to carry out tasks or services rather than doing them within the business. Overseas outsourcing uses a provider in another country.

Paying an external business to carry out work that could otherwise be performed within the business.

Sediment transported and deposited by glacial meltwater, usually sorted into layers.

A female reproductive organ that produces eggs and oestrogen.

A Roman victory ceremony of lower status than a full triumph.

Taking water from a river or underground store faster than it can be replenished.

The difference between the energy levels of the products and the reactants.

The difference between the total energy needed to break reactant bonds and the total energy released when product bonds form.

The net result of the energy required to break bonds in the reactants and the energy released when bonds form in the products.

A state in which a performer's arousal is above the level needed for their best performance.

A horizontal line above a Boolean input or expression, indicating that NOT applies to everything beneath the line.

Growing crops so intensively or repeatedly that soil nutrients are depleted and the land cannot recover.

An arrangement allowing a business to spend more money than it has in its bank account, up to an agreed limit.

An estimate greater than the exact value.

Using a natural resource faster than it can recover, causing long-term damage or depletion.

The use or removal of a natural resource faster than it can be replaced.

Having a higher proportion of body fat than is healthy.

Catching fish faster than their populations can replace themselves through reproduction.

Catching fish faster than their population can replace them through reproduction.