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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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.'






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






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






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






9. Someone who starts a business.






10. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






13. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






19. Energy in motion.






20. 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.






21. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






26. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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






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






48. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






50. 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.