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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.






2. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






6. 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.'






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






8. The formal rules that guide the design process.






9. 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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10. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






27. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






30. A popular movement.






31. 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.






32. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






48. Energy in motion.






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






50. A resource that is entered into a system.