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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.






2. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






7. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






15. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






17. A popular movement.






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






19. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






22. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






27. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. The formal rules that guide the design process.






33. 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.






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






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






36. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






39. 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.'






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






41. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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