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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






16. The basic framework of a system






17. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






18. Energy in motion.






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






20. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






21. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






25. Stored energy or energy at rest.






26. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. The formal rules that guide the design process.






43. 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.






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






45. A popular movement.






46. 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.






47. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






50. 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.'