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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.'






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






12. 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.






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






14. Energy in motion.






15. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






18. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






19. The basic framework of a system






20. The formal rules that guide the design process.






21. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






22. 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.






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






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






25. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






26. 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.






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






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






29. A resource that is entered into a system.






30. A popular movement.






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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