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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.






2. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






3. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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.'






26. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






27. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






29. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






32. A popular movement.






33. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.






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






35. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. The formal rules that guide the design process.






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






48. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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