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






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






4. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






5. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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


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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






16. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






17. The basic framework of a system






18. 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.






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






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






21. Stored energy or energy at rest.






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. A popular movement.






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






47. 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.






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






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






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