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Technical Design And Engineering

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






9. A popular movement.






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






24. 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.






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






26. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






29. The formal rules that guide the design process.






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






42. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






44. 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.






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






46. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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