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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.






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






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






4. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Stored energy or energy at rest.






16. 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.






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






26. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






29. 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.'






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






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






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






33. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






35. Someone who starts a business.






36. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. Creating things through the process of planning.






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


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






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






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






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






45. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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