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Technical Design And Engineering

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






2. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. The basic framework of a system






10. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






17. Energy in motion.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Stored energy or energy at rest.






34. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






36. 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.






37. A popular movement.






38. The formal rules that guide the design process.






39. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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 process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.






42. 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.'






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


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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






48. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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