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Technical Design And Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The formal rules that guide the design process.






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






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






13. 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.'






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






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






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






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






18. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






21. Energy in motion.






22. A popular movement.






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






26. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






27. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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






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






31. Stored energy or energy at rest.






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. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






39. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






41. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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