Introduction > Terms Used

The following statements describe special terms that will be used in this Users Help Guide:

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Hardware Terms:

	Informs the user that the note identifies conditions or practices that could result in damage to the equipment.
	Informs the user that the note identifies conditions or practices that could result in personal injury or damage to property other than the equipment.

•M.O.L.E.® Thermal Profiler, may be referred to as the M.O.L.E..

•Thermocouple, may be referred to as T/C.

Software Terms:

•Workspace, The workspace in BakeWATCH® Kill Step Calculator may display content tailored to what you are doing. At software launch it displays the Start workspace. When creating a Kill Step report it displays the New Kill Step Report features and functions.

•Kill Step Variety Constants, a unique value for each baked good Variety via Bio-lab testing for the calculation of pathogen kill, due to differences in fats and sugars per recipe ingredients

•D-Reduction value, time required in minutes at a reference temperature to destroy 90% of an organism or its spores equivalent to one log reduction

•Z-value, The number of degrees in temperature required to change the D-reduction value of a specific organism or its spores by 90% (equivalent to a factor of 10)

•F-value, The process lethality or the time in minutes, at a specific temperature, required to destroy a certain number of viable cells