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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 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.






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






15. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






25. A popular movement.






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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 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.






36. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






40. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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


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