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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.






2. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






15. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






26. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






29. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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






34. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






36. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






38. 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.






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






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


41. 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.






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






43. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.'