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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






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






5. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






10. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






14. Someone who starts a business.






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






16. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.






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






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






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






20. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.'






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






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






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






30. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






41. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






44. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






50. 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.