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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A resource that is entered into a system.






18. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






23. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Energy in motion.






31. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






35. 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.






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 process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.






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






39. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






43. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






44. 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.






45. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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


47. A popular movement.






48. The formal rules that guide the design process.






49. 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.'






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