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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






4. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






6. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






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






12. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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


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






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






23. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






24. 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.'






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






26. 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.






27. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






45. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






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






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






50. 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.