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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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


11. A resource that is entered into a system.






12. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






14. 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.






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






16. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






19. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






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






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






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






25. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The basic framework of a system






34. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






38. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Creating things through the process of planning.






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