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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






3. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






4. The basic framework of a system






5. 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.






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






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


8. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Energy in motion.






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






22. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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






26. A popular movement.






27. Someone who starts a business.






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






29. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






46. 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.






47. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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