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IB Design Technology Vocab

Subjects : engineering, ib
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1. Involved in development systems to ensure that products or services are designed and produced to meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations.






2. A style or trend






3. The ability of a material to be drawn or extruded into a wire or other extended shapes






4. Pleasure derived from people's mental and emotional reactions to a product.






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. The assessment of the effect a product has on the environment from the initial concept to disposal






9. Lack of essential vitamins and minerals resulting from unbalanced food intake and specific problems of food absorption






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






11. Long- term aims and objectives of a company and ways of achieving them by allocation of resources






12. Obtaining users' responses.






13. The recording of human or animal movement by any means - for example - by video - magnetic or electro- mechanical design






14. The ability of a material to resist the propagation of cracks.






15. Resources that are naturally replenished in a short time.






16. 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






17. The aspect of ergonomics that deals with body measurements - particularly those of size - strength and physical capacity






18. A specific manufacturing term - sometimes relating to one material group only






19. Involves a company both in the development of new products and in selling those products to new companies






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






21. An individual working outside or inside an organisation who is committed to the invention of a novel product and often becomes isolated because he or she is engrossed with ideas that imply change and are resisted by others






22. The use of the suns energy to heat up water and air directly






23. The direct introduction to molten plastic under pressure into a die - which then cools rapidly - allowing the formed object to be released from the mould






24. Natural compounds formed through geological processes






25. Refers to materials and devices that operate at the nanoscale. 'Nano' means a billionth. A nanometer is one- billionth of a meter






26. Computer simulation of a variety of mechanical and biological aspects of the human body






27. 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






28. Representative users perform realistic tasks by interacting with a paper version of the user- product interface that is manipulated by a person acting as a computer - who does not explain how the interface works






29. Coordination - based code that also includes feed speed and stop/start






30. The incorporation of gas into a food product. it may be air - which is often beaten in - or carbon dioxide - which can be introduced under pressure (for example - to aerated water) or by the action of yeast (for example - in bread)






31. Water that contains animal - human or food waste and would not be reused for other purposes






32. The process of recovering the information contained - for example - in the human voice - which had been previously added to a suitable electromagnetic carrier






33. Increased body weight in relation to height - when compared to some standard of acceptable or desirable weight. a body mass index of more than 25 is defined as overweight by the World Health Organization. overweight may or may not be due to increase






34. A type of fastening that is not supposed to be removed. it is only possible to remove such joins by drilling - cutting or grinding the join away






35. The ability of a material to withstand pulling forces.






36. The transfer of an idea from one context to another






37. Food becoming unfit for consumption - for example - due to chemical or biological contamination






38. A device that is used to cut 2D shapes from card and vinyl






39. The design contains those implicit features of a product that are recognized as essential by a majority of manufacturers and purchasers






40. 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






41. The mass per unit volume of a material






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






43. Where the impetus for a new design emanates from a technological development.






44. Designing a product so that when it becomes obsolete it can easily and economically be taken apart - the components reused or repaired - and the materials recycled






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






46. Designing to enable the product to be manufactured using a specific manufacturing process - for example - injection moulding






47. An anatomical 3D model of the human body






48. A sugar (a carbohydrate) composed of two monosaccharide molecules






49. A schematic representation of a process






50. An organic compound that contains aliphatic hydrocarbons - essential for the structure and function of living cells. examples include fats - waxes and steroids