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Technical Design And Engineering

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






2. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.






3. 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.






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






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






6. Energy in motion.






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






8. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






11. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






12. A popular movement.






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






24. Stored energy or energy at rest.






25. 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.






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






27. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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


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






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






34. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






36. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






37. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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 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.'






45. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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






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