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






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






4. A resource that is entered into a system.






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






14. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






28. Someone who starts a business.






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






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


31. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






40. The formal rules that guide the design process.






41. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






43. 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.'






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. A popular movement.






50. 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.