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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.






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






3. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






5. 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.






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






30. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






44. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






48. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






50. The number of waves that pass through a given point in one second. It is commonly measured in a unit called hertz. 1Hz is equal to one complete wave cycle in one second.