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Tech vocab 2
Term | Definition |
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Data | Facts and statistics used for reference or analysis. |
Design Brief | A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, its criteria, and its constraints. The design brief is used to encourage thinking of all aspects of a problem before attempting a solution. |
Design process | A systematic problem-solving strategy, with criteria and constraints, used to develop many possible solutions to solve a problem or satisfy human needs and wants and to winnow (narrow) down the possible solutions to one final choice. |
Design Statement | A part of design brief that challenges the designer, describes what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem, and identifies the degree to which the solution must be executed. |
Designer | A person who designs any of a variety of things. This usually implies the task of creating drawings or in some ways uses visual cues to organize his or her work. |
Detail drawing | A dimensioned, working drawing of a single part. Also referred to as part drawing. |
Ecosystem | A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. |
Emphasis | Special importance, value, or prominence given to something. |
Engineer | A person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. |
Engineers notebook | Also referred to as an Engineer’s Logbook, a Design Notebook, or Designer’s Notebook |
English system | Also referred to as the U.S. Customary system. The measuring system based on the foot, second, and pound as units of length, time, and weight or mass. |
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | EPA is the acronym for the Environmental Protection Agency. |
Ergonomics | The study of workplace equipment design or how to arrange and design devices, machines, or workspace so that people and things interact safely and most efficiently. |
Ethical | Conforming to an established set of principles or accepted professional standards of contact. |
Ethics | The moral principles governing or influencing conduct. |
Evaluate | To form an idea of the amount or value of; assess. |
Evolution: | A gradual development. |
Manufacture | To make something, especially on a large scale using machinery. |
Marketing | The promotion and selling of products or services. |
Manufacturing Process | The transformation of raw material into finished goods through one or more of the creating process. |
Mock-up | Also referred to as an Appearance Model. A model or replica of a machine or structure for instructional or experimental purposes. |
Mode | The value that occurs most frequently in a given set of data. |
Model | A visual, mathematical, or three-dimensional representation in detail of an object or design, often smaller than the original. A model is often used to test ideas, make changes to a design. |
Market Research | The activity of gathering information about consumers’ needs and preferences. |
Negotiation | Mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement. |
Nominal size | The designation of the size established for a commercial product. |
Process | Human activities used to create, invent, design, transform, produce, control, maintain, and use products or systems; A systematic sequence of actions that combines resources to produce an output. |
Non-Renewable Resource | A resource or raw material that cannot be grown or replaced once used. |
Product | A tangible artifact produced by means of either human or mechanical work, or by biological or chemical process. |
Normal Distribution | A function that represents the distribution of variables as a symmetrical bell- shaped graph. |
.Problem Statement | A part of design brief that clearly and concisely identifies a client’s or target consumer’s problem, need, or want. |
Raw Materials | Any natural resource that is used to make finished products. |
Readability | 33.Raw Materials: Any natural resource that is used to make finished products. 34. Readability: |
Research | The systematic study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. |
Residue | A small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone or been taken or used. |
Standard | Something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison. |
Product Lifecycle | Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the market place. |
Statistics | Collection of methods for planning experiments, obtaining data, organizing, summarizing, presenting, analyzing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions based on data. |
Renewable resource | A resource or raw material that can be grown and replaced. |
Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) | A government organization whose mission is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards. |