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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.






2. 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.






3. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






4. The basic framework of a system






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






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






7. 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.






8. Stored energy or energy at rest.






9. 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.






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






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






12. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






17. A popular movement.






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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


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






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






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






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






32. Someone who starts a business.






33. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






36. 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.'






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






38. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






42. Energy in motion.






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






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






48. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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