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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Someone who starts a business.






2. The basic framework of a system






3. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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


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






11. 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.'






12. Energy in motion.






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






14. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. A popular movement.






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






21. 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.






22. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. The formal rules that guide the design process.






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.