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Technical Design And Engineering

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






23. 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.






24. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






26. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






29. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.'






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






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






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






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






44. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. Restriction or limit placed on a product.