Additionally, if the parasitic load placed on the engine is higher than the command to overcome it, the engine will stall (the parasitic load could be such things as the power steering, air conditioning, charging system, torque convert clutch, etc.)
Short for Human Resources Information System HRIS is a system used by human resources departments to track employees and information about them. A HRIS is often a database system or a series of inter-related databases. See also Human Resources Management System (HRMS).
DEFINITION of 'Human Development Index-HDI'. A tool developed by the United Nations to measure and rank countries' levels of social and economic development based on four criteria: Life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling, expected years of schooling and gross national income per capita.