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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






10. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






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






37. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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


46. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






48. Stored energy or energy at rest.






49. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.






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