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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






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






6. A popular movement.






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






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






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






10. 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.'






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






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






13. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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 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.






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






20. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






22. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






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






25. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






29. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






43. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. The formal rules that guide the design process.






49. 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.






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