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Technical Design And Engineering

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






2. 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.'






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






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






5. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






6. 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.






7. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






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






23. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






26. A popular movement.






27. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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