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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. A popular movement.






2. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






28. 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.






29. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. Creating things through the process of planning.






35. 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.'






36. The basic framework of a system






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






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






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






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






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