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Technical Design And Engineering

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






11. The capacity to do work or exert effort.






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






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. Energy in motion.






15. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.






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






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






18. 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.






19. Creating things through the process of planning.






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






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






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


23. A popular movement.






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






25. A resource that is entered into a system.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The basic framework of a system






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Restriction or limit placed on a product.






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






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






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






43. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.






44. 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.






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






46. 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.'






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






48. Stored energy or energy at rest.






49. A method of obtaining energy from waste products






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