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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Energy in motion.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Stored energy or energy at rest.






17. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






20. A popular movement.






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






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






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






27. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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


31. 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.






32. 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.






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






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






35. A resource that is entered into a system.






36. Someone who starts a business.






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






43. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






46. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






50. 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.