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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The basic framework of a system






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






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






4. 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.






5. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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






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






11. A popular movement.






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






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


24. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






27. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






41. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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.'