Analog: The branch of electronics dealing with infinitely varying quantities. Often referred to as linear electronics.

Notchback: It is the 'booted' version of the hatchback in which the rear windshield cannot be hinged up; a saloon in other words. Today, notchback generally means a car having a small boot.

Lock positions: The extreme positions of the steered wheels on either side are called lock positions.

Banking Crisis: A loss of confidence in the banking system that leads a run on banks, as individuals and companies withdraw their deposits.

Forced choice: A method requiring the rater to select the most descriptive statement in each pair of statements about the employee being rated.

Checklist: Performance appraisal tool that uses a lot of statements or words that are checked by raters.

Rating scale: A method which requires the rater to provide a subjective performance evaluation along a scale from low to high.

MBO: An approach in which employee and supervisor jointly establish clear, measurable performance jobs for the future.

Ranking: Listing employees from best to worst.

Impression management: Efforts by employees to obtain higher ratings by portraying an image desired by their supervisors.

Central tendency: The reluctance to use the extremes of a rating scale and to thereby fail to adequately differentiate employees being rated.

Behaviorally anchored ratios scale: It is an absolute assessment technique wherein critical incidents are identified and a range of performance possibilities (from poor to good) are described for each dimension.

Contrast error: Tendency to rate people relative to other people rather than to performance' standards,

Rater bias: Error that occurs when a rater's values or prejudices distort the rating.

Halo effect: Bias which occurs when the rater's personal opinion of a specific trait of employee influences the rater's overall assessment of performance.