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Technical Design And Engineering

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






2. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






4. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






6. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






8. 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.






9. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






10. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






12. The basic framework of a system






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






24. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






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






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. A popular movement.






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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


46. 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.'






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






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






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






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