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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.






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






7. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.






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






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






10. 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.






11. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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


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






14. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.






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






16. 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.






17. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.






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






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






20. 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.






21. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






22. 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.






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






24. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.






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






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






27. Someone who starts a business.






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






29. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.






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






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






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






33. The basic framework of a system






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






38. Creating things through the process of planning.






39. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.






40. The formal rules that guide the design process.






41. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.






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






43. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






44. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.






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






46. Stored energy or energy at rest.






47. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.






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






49. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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