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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.






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






3. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






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






8. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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


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






20. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. A resource that is entered into a system.






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






48. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






50. 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.'