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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.






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






3. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






6. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






9. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






10. Stored energy or energy at rest.






11. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






19. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.






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






26. 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.






27. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






30. 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.






31. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






34. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.'






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






48. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






50. The basic framework of a system