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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.






2. 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.






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






4. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. A popular movement.






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






13. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






14. 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.'






15. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. A resource that is entered into a system.






26. 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.






27. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






29. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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


32. Creating things through the process of planning.






33. Someone who starts a business.






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






35. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The basic framework of a system