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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.






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






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






4. A popular movement.






5. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. The basic framework of a system






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






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


13. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. A resource that is entered into a system.






23. 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.






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






25. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






27. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






33. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






38. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






45. Someone who starts a business.






46. 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.'






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






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






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