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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The basic framework of a system






2. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.






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






4. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






10. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






14. Energy in motion.






15. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






17. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






18. 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.






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






20. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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


23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






31. 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.'






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 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.






34. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.






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






36. 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.






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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