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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.






2. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






3. A resource that is entered into a system.






4. 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.






5. 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.'






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. Energy in motion.






24. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






26. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






30. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






40. A popular movement.






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






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






43. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






47. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






48. 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.






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






50. The basic framework of a system