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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






10. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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






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






16. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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






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






22. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






23. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






41. Energy in motion.






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






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






44. 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.'






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






46. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






47. 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.






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






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






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