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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






4. A popular movement.






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






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






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






8. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






17. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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.






37. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.






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


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






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






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






49. Someone who starts a business.






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