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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
FREQUENCY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
NANOTECHNOLOGY
2. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SYSTEM
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
BIO-CONVERSION
3. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
ENGINEERING
SERIES CIRCUIT
MODULATION
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
4. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
DESIGN
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
LOAD
RECEIVERS
5. 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.
AMPLITUDE
BRAINSTORMING
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
PROCESS
6. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SIMULATION
GLOBAL MARKET
FLUID POWER
IDENTITY THEFT
7. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
OPTIMIZATION
ENGINEERING
SATELLITE
SYSTEM
8. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
ASSEMBLY LINE
ENTREPRENEUR
FLUID POWER
BOYLE'S LAW
9. Creating things through the process of planning.
ENTREPRENEUR
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ELECTROLYSis...
DESIGN
10. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MODULATION
ENERGY
CONSTRAINTS
SYSTEM
11. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
SENSORS
HOLOGRAPHY
IDENTITY THEFT
BRAINSTORMING
12. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
AMPLITUDE
ENGINEERING
HARD DISK
CONSTRAINTS
13. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
ENGINEERING
BRAINSTORMING
TEAM
PROFIT
14. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
WORK
HARD DISK
BRAINSTORMING
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
15. Stored energy or energy at rest.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PROFIT
POTENTIAL ENERGY
RAPID PROTOTYPING
16. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
OPTIMIZATION
CIRCUIT
POWER
BRAINSTORMING
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.
BIO-CONVERSION
LOAD
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
18. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
ENTREPRENEUR
TEAM
BOYLE'S LAW
19. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CRITERIA
MOTHERBOARD
WORK
20. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SENSORS
AMPLITUDE
21. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
PROCESS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ENTREPRENEUR
ENERGY
22. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
AMPLITUDE
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
FEEDBACK
TEAM
23. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
SYNTHESIS
WORK
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SYSTEM
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.
FREQUENCY
SYSTEM
INPUT
IMPACTS
25. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
IMPACTS
NAFTA
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
IDENTITY THEFT
26. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
ENTREPRENEUR
SIMULATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
27. 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
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
28. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CONSTRAINTS
FREQUENCY
PRODUCTIVITY
29. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
LOAD
MODULATION
ELECTROLYSis...
MOTHERBOARD
30. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
SENSORS
CONSTRAINTS
FREQUENCY
FLUID POWER
31. 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.'
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
32. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
AMPLITUDE
ENGINEERING
SYNTHESIS
ASSEMBLY LINE
33. Energy in motion.
PROFIT
BRAINSTORMING
KINETIC ENERGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
34. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PROCESS
ASSEMBLY LINE
ENERGY
35. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
LOAD
AMPLITUDE
CONSTRAINTS
ENERGY
36. The formal rules that guide the design process.
IMPACTS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
INPUT
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
37. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SERIES CIRCUIT
38. 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.
WORK
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
BOYLE'S LAW
39. Someone who starts a business.
WORK
ANALYSIS
ENTREPRENEUR
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
40. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
WORK
ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
41. A resource that is entered into a system.
IDENTITY THEFT
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
INPUT
42. 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.
HARD DISK
BRAINSTORMING
SIMPLE MACHINES
RAPID PROTOTYPING
43. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
GLOBAL MARKET
DESIGN
LOAD
SATELLITE
44. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
ELECTROLYSis...
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
HOLOGRAPHY
KINETIC ENERGY
45. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR FISSION
MOTHERBOARD
IMPACTS
46. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
ENERGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
TREND
TECHNOLOGY
47. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
SENSORS
MODULATION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ENTREPRENEUR
48. 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.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
POWER
OPTIMIZATION
49. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
50. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ELECTROLYSis...
MOTHERBOARD
RECEIVERS