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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Creating things through the process of planning.






2. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






3. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. The basic framework of a system






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






11. 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.'






12. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






16. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






19. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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


23. 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.






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






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






26. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






28. 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.






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 method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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 process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.






42. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. A popular movement.






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