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Technical Design And Engineering

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






2. 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.






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






4. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






6. 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.






7. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






11. Stored energy or energy at rest.






12. 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.'






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






14. Someone who starts a business.






15. 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.






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






17. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






19. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






43. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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 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.






47. The basic framework of a system






48. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






50. 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.