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| Invention | The process of turning ideas and imagination into devices and systems |
| Subsystem | A system contained inside another system or group of systems. OUTPUT What comes out of the process, the finished product, or completed proces |
| Flow Chart | A specific kind of visual representation of a system. Specific symbols are used to represent specific kinds of components such as inputs |
| Constraints | These are factors that govern or limit the system. They may be physical and biological, but also economic, political, social, ethical, and aesthetic ones |
| Closed Loop System | A type of system which has feedback. The feedback may come a variety of forms including ratings, materials for reuse or information |
| Component | Individual parts of the system |
| Input | Something that goes into a system, a resource such as time, money, communication, etc. |
| Process | Something that happens to or with the inputs. |
| Systems Model | A general model of components that work together, with each one serving a specific function. |
| Task | A job or chore to complete, or a goal to be reached |
| Technology | An object, environment, or process that was created by man |
| Subsystem | This is a system contained inside another system or group of systems |
| Innovation | The process of modifying an existing product to improve it. |
| Controls | These components are part of a system that determine how it functions and how the components interact |
| Integration | In the systems model, this refers to components or systems working togethe |
| Open Loop System | A type of system that does not have feedback. The inputs are processed, to make the desired outputs and no information is given to make a change in the system |
| Feedback | Information given about the output of the system |
