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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






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






5. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






7. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






30. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






34. The basic framework of a system






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






36. 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.






37. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






38. A popular movement.






39. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






42. Energy in motion.






43. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






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