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Technical Design And Engineering

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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

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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.'






16. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.






17. A popular movement.






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






19. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






30. A resource that is entered into a system.






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. The basic framework of a system






44. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






46. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






48. Stored energy or energy at rest.






49. 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.






50. Creating things through the process of planning.