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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.






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






3. 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.






4. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.






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






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






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






8. The basic framework of a system






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


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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. Someone who starts a business.






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






17. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.






18. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.






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






20. The formal rules that guide the design process.






21. 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.






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






23. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.






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






32. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






33. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.






34. 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.'






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






36. 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.






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






38. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






40. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






50. The capacity to do work or exert effort.