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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Someone who starts a business.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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


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






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






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 basic framework of a system






21. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






22. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






25. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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 process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






38. The formal rules that guide the design process.






39. 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.






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






41. Stored energy or energy at rest.






42. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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