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Technical Design And Engineering

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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.'






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






16. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






20. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






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






25. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Any information about the output of a system that is returned to the system for the purpose of determining whether or not the system is functioning as it should.






34. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






47. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






50. The formal rules that guide the design process.