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Technical Design And Engineering

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






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






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






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


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






6. 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.






7. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






15. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






18. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.






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






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






21. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






22. 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.






23. A popular movement.






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






25. 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.'






26. 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.






27. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






28. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. A resource that is entered into a system.






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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