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Technical Design And Engineering

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






2. A popular movement.






3. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






20. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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


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






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






45. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






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






49. A resource that is entered into a system.






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