TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS

INTRODUCTION NAMING DEFINITION DESCRIPTION ILLUSTRATION

INTRODUCTION
Technical decscription is a key part of any technical report because it defines objects and/or process.

Basically, the technical description divides a complex item or topic into more manageble components. The general guidelines for writing technical descriptions is to generate iterations of naming, defining, describing and illustrating.

NAMING
This most basic activity naming , is the basis of how we come to understand the world around us.

Without name we have to refer objects , people , or places with grunts and gestures : uhh , that big thing over there or you know , whats his name , the little fat guy with the blue hair .

It does not really matter what you call objects nobody has ever seen

DEFINITION
Definition locates an objects or process within some system of knowing .
. Definition appears in one of three forms : the formal , the informal and

the extended definition

A formal definition will contain a term a to which the term belongs and set of differentia separate the term from those elements within the category in which the term is located. An informal definition appears in brackets in a sentence to help clarify a concept.
An extended definition is a form of technical description and may run to tens , hundreds , or even thousands of pages in length.