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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.






2. Stored energy or energy at rest.






3. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






6. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






18. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






19. 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.






20. Energy in motion.






21. 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.'






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






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






24. The formal rules that guide the design process.






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






40. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






43. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






44. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






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