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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






2. The number of waves that pass through a given point in one second. It is commonly measured in a unit called hertz. 1Hz is equal to one complete wave cycle in one second.






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






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






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






7. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






11. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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.'






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






25. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






29. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Energy in motion.






46. A resource that is entered into a system.






47. 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.






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






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






50. The capacity to do work or exert effort.