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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. Someone who starts a business.






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






4. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






6. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






8. The basic framework of a system






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






19. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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


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






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






23. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






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






29. The formal rules that guide the design process.






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






35. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. 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.'






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






43. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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