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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Creating things through the process of planning.






2. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them






3. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.






4. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.






5. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).


6. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.






7. A very small solid state panel that contains light sensitive photo- sites or photo- diodes. The CCD uses the photo- sites to convert light into electrical signals transformed into an image.






8. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






9. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.






10. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.






11. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.






12. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.






13. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.






14. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.






15. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.






16. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.






17. The basic framework of a system






18. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.






19. The measure of work done over a period of time as energy is converted from one form to another or transferred from one place to another.






20. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.






21. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.






22. The amount of resistance the power system must overcome or - alternatively - the amount of force output by the power system: also can be referred to as weight or pressure.






23. A specialized processor that resides directly on the motherboard of a computer. It can be thought as the brain of a computer. It processes the data; also referred to as a microprocessor or a 'computer within the computer.'






24. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.






25. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.






26. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.






27. Someone who starts a business.






28. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.






29. Any information about the output of a system that is returned to the system for the purpose of determining whether or not the system is functioning as it should.






30. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.






31. Trade of products and services on a global scale.






32. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid






33. A resource that is entered into a system.






34. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.






35. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






36. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.






37. The height of a wave measured from the top of its peak to the bottom of its trough. It is an indicator of the strength of a wave.






38. The number of waves that pass through a given point in one second. It is commonly measured in a unit called hertz. 1Hz is equal to one complete wave cycle in one second.






39. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






40. A production system in which a limited quantity of a part or product is made. After the production run - the machines are retooled or changed over to accommodate the production of a different part or product.






41. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






42. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.






43. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.






44. The effect of a system's processes and/or output on the systems environment. this effect can be either positive - negative - or in some cases both.






45. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.






46. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.






47. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.






48. An activity in which two or more people try to think of as many possible solutions to a problem as they can. Ideas are not evaluated or criticized at this time.






49. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.






50. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.