Technical and Operational Definitions

Cards (6)

  • Technical definition
    Often require the use of jargons as the details of a certain equipment are not intended for the general public, it is meant to be read only by people belonging to the same field, job or specialization
  • Technical terms

    Words which are specific only to those who are in the same field as the writer of a certain research or documentation, for those who are technologically involved
  • Technical terms
    • Control+html, http (for computer programmers)
    • Spam, address (have different meanings for the general public)
    • Terms used in medical field, political field, business and industries, police or military
  • Operational definition
    Generally used by everybody, do not require jargons, complex terminologies or high quality words or phrases, definitions are generally brief, direct, simple and specific, only answers how something is used or how a certain equipment works
  • Electromycin
    A bacteriostatic antibiotic that was invented in 1949 by a Filipino doctor Avelaido Aguilar, one of the most remarkable Filipino inventions
  • Electromycin
    For the treatment of soy drug, the useful dosage for adults is 250 milligram every 6 hours, 333 milligrams every 8 hours or 500 milligrams every 12 hours, doses may be increased up to 4 grams per day according to the severity of the infection