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Technical Design And Engineering

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






2. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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


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






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






6. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






7. 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.






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






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






10. The basic framework of a system






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






12. 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.






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






14. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






16. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






19. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






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






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






25. Someone who starts a business.






26. 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.






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






28. Energy in motion.






29. The formal rules that guide the design process.






30. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical 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. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.






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






35. A popular movement.






36. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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.'






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






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






45. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






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