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ProfessionalC.A.D. computer aided design- may be used to design curves and figures in twodimensional (2D) space; or curves, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional (3D) space. And also design and simulate 2D and 3D parts. Laser Cutting- is a technology that uses lasers to cut materials, and is typically used for industrial manufacturing applications. Cutting works by directing the output of a high-power laser, by computer, at the material to be cut. The material must be at a perpendicular to the laser. Prototyping- is an early sample, model or release of a product built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from. A prototype is designed to test and trial a new design to enhance precision by system analysts and users. Stamping- includes a variety of sheet-metal forming manufacturing processes, such as punching using a machine press or stamping press, blanking, embossing, bending, flanging, and coining. Tolerance- is an allowable amount of variation of a specified quantity, especially in the dimensions of a machine or part.

PersonalI.R.A. Individual retirement account- is an account set up at a financial institution that allows an individual to save for retirement with tax-free growth or on a tax-deferred basis. F.I.C.A. Federal Insurance Contributions Act- is a taxes taken out of your paycheck to fund social security and also Medicare. Mutual Fund- is a type of professionally managed collective investment scheme that pools money from many investors to purchase securities. It is most commonly applied only to those collective investment vehicles that are regulated and sold to the general public. Entrepreneur- is a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so. Social-security- any government system that provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income.