The collective opinion of a group on the discussion of an issue until all agree or everyone is willing to accept the decision.

Refers to the philosophy whereby every system or process within the organization is subject to continual scrutiny and improvement. Continual improvement is the antithesis of the philosophy which says, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Continual improvement requires that "If it ain't broke, it can be made better."

a circuit in a piece of equipment or an electrical circuit that carries the signal determining the control action, as distinct from the power used to energize the various components.

a system to guide or manipulate various elements in order to achieve a prescribed result.

A measurement of the quantity of electrical charge, usually expressed as pico coulomb (10-12 coulombs).

the Central Processing Unit controls the operation of the computer system and executes the arithmetic and logic functions of a particular program.

Canadian Standards Association.

Converter Short for digital-to-analog converter. This is a device that changes a digitally coded word into its equivalent quantized analog voltage or current. Just like the A/D device, there are very high-speed D/A's available, capable of converting at data rates up to 1 GHz.