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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
KINETIC ENERGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
2. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
SYNTHESIS
GLOBAL MARKET
PROCESS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
3. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
RECEIVERS
CIRCUIT
MODULATION
4. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
EVALUATION
ENTREPRENEUR
SATELLITE
5. 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.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CRITERIA
LOAD
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
6. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
TEAM
SIMPLE MACHINES
SIMULATION
ANALYSIS
7. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
SYSTEM
8. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SENSORS
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
9. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
INFRASTRUCTURE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
OPTIMIZATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
10. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
SERIES CIRCUIT
BIO-CONVERSION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
11. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
WORK
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SYSTEM
SIMPLE MACHINES
12. 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.
SERIES CIRCUIT
BIO-CONVERSION
CONSTRAINTS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
13. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PRODUCTIVITY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
TECHNOLOGY
14. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ENERGY
SENSORS
ASSEMBLY LINE
15. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
SIMPLE MACHINES
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
MOTHERBOARD
16. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
SENSORS
CRITERIA
SATELLITE
DESIGN
17. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
HARD DISK
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
POWER
FLUID POWER
18. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
HARD DISK
ASSEMBLY LINE
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ANALYSIS
19. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
SIMPLE MACHINES
NANOTECHNOLOGY
INPUT
20. 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.
GLOBAL MARKET
SYNTHESIS
INFRASTRUCTURE
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
21. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
SYNTHESIS
TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRAINTS
PROCESS
22. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
SYNTHESIS
IMPACTS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
23. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
TREND
NAFTA
MOTHERBOARD
24. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
RECEIVERS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TECHNOLOGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
25. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
INPUT
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
OPTIMIZATION
BIO-CONVERSION
26. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
EVALUATION
SYNTHESIS
AMPLITUDE
ASSEMBLY LINE
27. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
ENERGY
SIMPLE MACHINES
SYSTEM
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
28. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
FEEDBACK
PRODUCTIVITY
TECHNOLOGY
TEAM
29. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
MOTHERBOARD
SENSORS
SATELLITE
SIMPLE MACHINES
30. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
31. 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.
POWER
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ASSEMBLY LINE
ELECTROLYSis...
32. The formal rules that guide the design process.
BRAINSTORMING
TECHNOLOGY
RECEIVERS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
33. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
HOLOGRAPHY
PRODUCTIVITY
TEAM
OPTIMIZATION
34. 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.
SIMULATION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SATELLITE
BRAINSTORMING
35. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
MODULATION
INPUT
ENTREPRENEUR
36. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ENGINEERING
WORK
RECEIVERS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
37. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
INPUT
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
RECEIVERS
38. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
SENSORS
HOLOGRAPHY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
BIO-CONVERSION
39. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
AMPLITUDE
MOTHERBOARD
ENGINEERING
IMPACTS
40. 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.
AMPLITUDE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
FREQUENCY
DESIGN
41. 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.
TECHNOLOGY
FEEDBACK
OPTIMIZATION
SYNTHESIS
42. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SATELLITE
HOLOGRAPHY
43. 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.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
BIO-CONVERSION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
AMPLITUDE
44. 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
GLOBAL MARKET
TREND
45. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CIRCUIT
IMPACTS
ASSEMBLY LINE
46. Energy in motion.
ASSEMBLY LINE
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
RAPID PROTOTYPING
KINETIC ENERGY
47. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
GLOBAL MARKET
SERIES CIRCUIT
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
48. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
ENGINEERING
HOLOGRAPHY
WORK
49. Someone who starts a business.
ENTREPRENEUR
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
LOAD
SENSORS
50. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
DESIGN
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CRITICAL THINKING