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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.






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






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






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






5. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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. 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.






9. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






12. A popular movement.






13. 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.






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






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


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






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 group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.






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






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






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






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






23. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






38. 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.'






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






40. Someone who starts a business.






41. 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.






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






43. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






44. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






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






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