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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.






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






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






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






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






6. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






18. Creating things through the process of planning.






19. 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.






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






21. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






24. The basic framework of a system






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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


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






37. 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.'






38. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. A popular movement.






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






47. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






49. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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