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






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






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






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






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






7. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






24. A resource that is entered into a system.






25. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.'






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






44. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 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.