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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.






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






3. Someone who starts a business.






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






5. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






7. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. 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.'






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






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






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






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






23. The formal rules that guide the design process.






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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






30. A resource that is entered into a system.






31. A popular movement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






44. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






47. 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.






48. The basic framework of a system






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






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