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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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.






24. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.






25. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






26. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






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






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






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






32. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






42. 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.






43. A popular movement.






44. Energy in motion.






45. 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.






46. The basic framework of a system






47. 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.






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






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


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