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UB - Int WindWipers
UB Int Tech & Weather Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Criteria | Specific outcomes for a project (CRITICAL list) |
Input | INFO fed INTO a data processing system or computer |
Output | Something such as power energy or INFO that is PRODUCED--> by a machine or system |
Program | A sequence of CODING INSTRUCTIONS that can be used by COMPUTER or MACHINE to complete a task |
Component | One of the parts of something, typically an IMPORTANT PIECE of a system |
Automation | The method of making a MACHINE, a process, or a system WORK W being directly controlled by a person |
Servo motor | MECHANICAL DEVICE that ROTATES or PUSHES parts of a machine with a numerical value |
IR ( infrared sensor) | DETECTs objects by emitting INFARED LIGHT from a special SENSOR |
System | A regularly interacting or independent group of items FORMING a UNIFIED WHOLE |
Air mass | A BODY of AIR with horizontally uniform temperature, humidity and pressure |
Climate | AVERAGE WEATHER CONDITIONS of a place over a period of time |
Precipitation | WATER that FALLS to the ground as rain, snow, sleet etc |
Season | One of FOUR PERIODS in which the YEAR is divided (spring, summer, autumn and winter) |
Weather | STATE of the air and ATMOSPHERE in regard to how warm or cold, wet or dry, clear or stormy it is |
Data | FACTUAL INFO such as measurements or statistics. |
Effective | Producing or able to produce a DESIRED EFFECT |
Controlled variable | The VARIABLE that must be kept CONSTANT/UNCHANGING during a fair test |
Constraints | LIMITS imposed on your prototype, usually limits on time, cost or resources |