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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
FREQUENCY
NUCLEAR FISSION
AMPLITUDE
2. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
HOLOGRAPHY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
AMPLITUDE
3. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ASSEMBLY LINE
ELECTROLYSis...
FLUID POWER
4. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
OPTIMIZATION
5. 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.
BIO-CONVERSION
ENTREPRENEUR
POWER
MOTHERBOARD
6. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
FLUID POWER
ELECTROLYSis...
IDENTITY THEFT
7. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
IMPACTS
PROFIT
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ANALYSIS
8. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
LOAD
9. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
EVALUATION
NAFTA
KINETIC ENERGY
FLUID POWER
10. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
ASSEMBLY LINE
HARD DISK
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
11. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ASSEMBLY LINE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
12. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
BIO-CONVERSION
FLUID POWER
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
13. Someone who starts a business.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
BRAINSTORMING
ENTREPRENEUR
14. 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.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
AMPLITUDE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
KINETIC ENERGY
15. 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.'
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
HOLOGRAPHY
16. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
FEEDBACK
ELECTROLYSis...
17. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
RECEIVERS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ENGINEERING
ELECTROLYSis...
18. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SENSORS
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
POWER
19. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
FEEDBACK
LOAD
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
TEAM
20. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
WORK
SIMULATION
EVALUATION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
21. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
NUCLEAR FISSION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
22. 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.
SIMPLE MACHINES
ENTREPRENEUR
FEEDBACK
TECHNOLOGY
23. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
TEAM
SENSORS
TECHNOLOGY
RECEIVERS
24. The effect of a system's processes and/or output on the systems environment. this effect can be either positive - negative - or in some cases both.
SIMULATION
IMPACTS
INFRASTRUCTURE
POWER
25. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
SENSORS
26. Energy in motion.
BOYLE'S LAW
HOLOGRAPHY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
KINETIC ENERGY
27. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
ENERGY
PROCESS
HOLOGRAPHY
SYSTEM
28. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
PRODUCTIVITY
29. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
MODULATION
SYSTEM
SATELLITE
30. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
AMPLITUDE
ENERGY
SATELLITE
RECEIVERS
31. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
LOAD
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
CRITERIA
EVALUATION
32. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ENGINEERING
KINETIC ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
IDENTITY THEFT
33. 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.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
PROFIT
FEEDBACK
EVALUATION
34. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
SENSORS
GLOBAL MARKET
TECHNOLOGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
35. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
NUCLEAR FISSION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
PROFIT
CONSTRAINTS
36. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
NAFTA
INPUT
CIRCUIT
PROCESS
37. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SIMPLE MACHINES
AMPLITUDE
LOAD
38. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CONSTRAINTS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
POWER
39. 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.
ELECTROLYSis...
AMPLITUDE
TREND
FREQUENCY
40. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
SIMULATION
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
FEEDBACK
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
41. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
42. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
INFRASTRUCTURE
HOLOGRAPHY
ENERGY
43. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
TREND
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
RECEIVERS
SIMPLE MACHINES
44. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
CONSTRAINTS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
HARD DISK
ANALYSIS
45. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
CRITERIA
HARD DISK
ANALYSIS
IDENTITY THEFT
46. Stored energy or energy at rest.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ENGINEERING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
KINETIC ENERGY
47. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
ELECTROLYSis...
TEAM
INFRASTRUCTURE
SERIES CIRCUIT
48. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
CRITICAL THINKING
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SIMULATION
ASSEMBLY LINE
49. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
FREQUENCY
SATELLITE
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
50. Creating things through the process of planning.
KINETIC ENERGY
ANALYSIS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN