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IB Design Technology Vocab

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1. Someone who needs some convincing before embracing technological change.






2. The ability to analyse information in order to select an answer from alternatives






3. The relationship between what something - for example - a product - is worth and the cash amount spent on it.






4. A situation where a company keeps a small stock of components (or complete items) or ones that take a long time to make - just in case of a rush order






5. The initial impetus for the development of a new product is generated from a demand from the market






6. The quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons and is measured in coulombs






7. That proportion of a population with a dimension at or less than a given value






8. The process of discovering a principle. a technical advance in a particular field often resulting in a novel product






9. A form of group think. a group with a recommended size of 10-12 people first devises wild ideas - all of which are written down. no criticism or evaluation is allowed until this is finished - as it is impossible to be creative and critical at the sam






10. The formation of a gel by using gelatin or by the heat treatment of starch and water to break open starch granules - for example custard






11. An influential individual - usually working within an organization - who develops an enthusiasm for a particular idea or invention and 'champions' it within that organization.






12. An isometric drawing of an object with more than one component that depicts how the parts of assemblies fit together






13. Costs that vary with output - for example - fuel or raw materials.






14. The calculation and simulation of unknown factors in products using CAD systems. for example simulating the stresses within a welded car part






15. A device that is able to laser cut and engrave 2D shapes






16. The process of adding the information contained - for example - in the human voice to a suitable electromagnetic carrier






17. A measurement of the relative percentages of fat and muscle mass in the human body - in which weight in kilograms is divided by height in metres and the result used as and index of obesity






18. A tool used in the manufacture of parts by moulding - forging - swaging or stamping processes






19. A volume production process involving machines controlled by humans






20. The way a person or group lives - including patterns of social relations - consumption - entertainment and dress






21. Waste water generated from processes such as washing dishes - bathing and laundry






22. The resistance a material offers to penetration or scratching






23. A computer program that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system






24. A mixture that contains at least one metal. this can be a mixture of metals or a mixture of metals and non - metals






25. Basically a CNC robot with small extrusion head. Moves back and forth along a platform building up a model by feeding heated plastic wire through the head.






26. The class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discreet elongated pieces - similar to lengths of thread with a length to thickness ratio of at least 80






27. This covers all activities from design to documentation. It also includes the regulation of quality of raw materials - assemblies - products and components - services related to production - and management and inspection processes.






28. The synergistic merging of nanotechnology - biotechnology - information and communication technologies and cognitive science






29. Tool path is circular - which is useful for round and curved objects






30. A sequence of instructions to describe a set of actions






31. A technique that uses break- away supports. Break- away structure can be difficult to remove from detailed areas.






32. The manufacture of 3D parts by removing (cutting) unwanted material from a block






33. In chemistry - an amino acid is any molecule that contains both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups. in biochemistry - this is shorter and more general term is frequently used to refer to alpha amino acids in which the amino and carboxylate f






34. A product development process obtained through 3D - parametric and associative CAD systems. The main feature of this new method is that the design originates as a concept and gradually evolves into a complete product consisting of components and sub-

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35. A 2D physical anthropometric model based on a specific percentile - which is used with drawings of the same scale as the model to consider the relationship between the size of an object and people






36. A volume production process involving machines controlled by computers






37. The use of computers to aid the design process






38. An appearance prototype or appearance model is a physical representation of an object that literally appears like the production product. However - it does not function and is made from wood - foam - clay or other prototyping materials






39. The exterior surface of a building's construction: the walls - windows - roof and floor. also referred to as 'building shell'






40. The mass production of a product via a flow line based on the interchangeability of parts - pre- processing of materials - standardization and work division






41. The rate of flow of electrons






42. A measure of the degree of increase in dimensions when an object is heated. This can be measured by an increase in length - area or volume. The expansivity can be measured as the fractional increase in dimension per kelvin increase in temperature.






43. Designing taking account of assembly at various levels - for example - component to component - components into sub- assemblies and sub- assemblies into complete products






44. A small- scale production process centred on manual skill






45. The angle of taper - expressed in degrees (usually 5






46. A condition whereby users perceive more aesthetically pleasing designs to be easier to use than less aesthetically pleasing designs






47. An individual (often craft- produced) article or a prototype for a larger- scale production






48. The costs that must be paid out before production starts - for example machinery. these costs do not change with the level of productions






49. Houses and offices designed to function like living organisms - specifically adapted to place and are able to draw all their energy and water from surrounding sun - wind and rain






50. Automated machines that require data to be inputted manually by a trained operator