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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. A popular movement.
PROCESS
SYNTHESIS
TREND
SERIES CIRCUIT
2. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
SATELLITE
ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
PROCESS
3. A production system in which a limited quantity of a part or product is made. After the production run - the machines are retooled or changed over to accommodate the production of a different part or product.
EVALUATION
AMPLITUDE
FREQUENCY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
4. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
ANALYSIS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
5. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
BIO-CONVERSION
SYSTEM
SATELLITE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
6. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
TEAM
IMPACTS
MODULATION
MOTHERBOARD
7. 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.
IMPACTS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ENTREPRENEUR
AMPLITUDE
8. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SIMPLE MACHINES
SYNTHESIS
NAFTA
9. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
NAFTA
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
10. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
LOAD
INPUT
PRODUCTIVITY
11. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
SIMULATION
ENTREPRENEUR
NAFTA
ENGINEERING
12. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CONSTRAINTS
TEAM
13. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
EVALUATION
OPTIMIZATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
TEAM
14. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
POWER
SERIES CIRCUIT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
15. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
AMPLITUDE
MOTHERBOARD
PROCESS
WORK
16. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
GLOBAL MARKET
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
LOAD
17. 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)
MODULATION
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SIMPLE MACHINES
18. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
SIMULATION
OPTIMIZATION
ENERGY
PRODUCTIVITY
19. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
ENERGY
AMPLITUDE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
20. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
WORK
ELECTROLYSis...
ANALYSIS
SERIES CIRCUIT
21. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
TREND
ENGINEERING
SATELLITE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
22. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
FLUID POWER
ELECTROLYSis...
NANOTECHNOLOGY
GLOBAL MARKET
23. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
NAFTA
ENERGY
24. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
TEAM
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
25. A resource that is entered into a system.
INPUT
ASSEMBLY LINE
HARD DISK
BOYLE'S LAW
26. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SERIES CIRCUIT
WORK
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
FREQUENCY
27. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
PRODUCTIVITY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ELECTROLYSis...
28. The amount of resistance the power system must overcome or - alternatively - the amount of force output by the power system: also can be referred to as weight or pressure.
CRITICAL THINKING
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
LOAD
FLUID POWER
29. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
CRITICAL THINKING
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
CONSTRAINTS
MOTHERBOARD
30. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
PROFIT
CRITICAL THINKING
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
NANOTECHNOLOGY
31. 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.
IMPACTS
HARD DISK
FREQUENCY
FEEDBACK
32. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
MOTHERBOARD
ANALYSIS
AMPLITUDE
33. 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
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CIRCUIT
CRITICAL THINKING
34. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
BIO-CONVERSION
PROCESS
GLOBAL MARKET
35. 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.'
NUCLEAR FISSION
ASSEMBLY LINE
PROFIT
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
36. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
SIMPLE MACHINES
ENTREPRENEUR
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
37. An activity in which two or more people try to think of as many possible solutions to a problem as they can. Ideas are not evaluated or criticized at this time.
RECEIVERS
PROFIT
BRAINSTORMING
SENSORS
38. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
ANALYSIS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ENERGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
39. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
FLUID POWER
TECHNOLOGY
MOTHERBOARD
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
40. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
IMPACTS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
EVALUATION
PRODUCTIVITY
41. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
PROCESS
HOLOGRAPHY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
42. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
ASSEMBLY LINE
CONSTRAINTS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SERIES CIRCUIT
43. 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.
FREQUENCY
ENERGY
ELECTROLYSis...
POWER
44. Someone who starts a business.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
FREQUENCY
SYNTHESIS
ENTREPRENEUR
45. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
IDENTITY THEFT
SATELLITE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
46. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
SYNTHESIS
PRODUCTIVITY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
47. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SIMULATION
ENERGY
CRITICAL THINKING
48. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
ENGINEERING
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ANALYSIS
49. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
FLUID POWER
SATELLITE
SENSORS
EVALUATION
50. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
BIO-CONVERSION
KINETIC ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY