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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
ENTREPRENEUR
SYSTEM
RECEIVERS
POWER
2. The formal rules that guide the design process.
BIO-CONVERSION
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
POTENTIAL ENERGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
3. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
NAFTA
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
BIO-CONVERSION
4. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
MODULATION
SIMULATION
NAFTA
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.
BRAINSTORMING
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
AMPLITUDE
PROFIT
6. A popular movement.
TREND
PROCESS
ASSEMBLY LINE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
7. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
IDENTITY THEFT
SERIES CIRCUIT
NUCLEAR FISSION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
8. 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.
CONSTRAINTS
LOAD
FREQUENCY
CRITERIA
9. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
ASSEMBLY LINE
IDENTITY THEFT
ELECTROLYSis...
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
10. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
AMPLITUDE
ASSEMBLY LINE
11. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
BIO-CONVERSION
FEEDBACK
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
12. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BOYLE'S LAW
BIO-CONVERSION
ENTREPRENEUR
AMPLITUDE
13. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
IDENTITY THEFT
TREND
OPTIMIZATION
14. 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.
FLUID POWER
POWER
ELECTROLYSis...
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
15. 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.
HOLOGRAPHY
FEEDBACK
MOTHERBOARD
INPUT
16. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
EVALUATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
17. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
GLOBAL MARKET
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SIMULATION
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
18. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
MOTHERBOARD
19. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SIMPLE MACHINES
RAPID PROTOTYPING
HARD DISK
20. 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.
BRAINSTORMING
INPUT
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
21. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
FEEDBACK
22. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
CIRCUIT
ENERGY
23. Creating things through the process of planning.
CRITERIA
BIO-CONVERSION
EVALUATION
DESIGN
24. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
WORK
ANALYSIS
NAFTA
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
25. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
ENGINEERING
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
RECEIVERS
26. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
TEAM
INPUT
MOTHERBOARD
CRITERIA
27. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
WORK
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
SIMPLE MACHINES
ANALYSIS
28. A resource that is entered into a system.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
KINETIC ENERGY
AMPLITUDE
INPUT
29. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
FLUID POWER
CRITERIA
CIRCUIT
30. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
ENTREPRENEUR
ASSEMBLY LINE
FEEDBACK
TECHNOLOGY
31. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
SERIES CIRCUIT
INPUT
AMPLITUDE
32. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
HARD DISK
POWER
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
33. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ANALYSIS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
34. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
IMPACTS
ENERGY
DESIGN
WORK
35. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SERIES CIRCUIT
ENTREPRENEUR
IDENTITY THEFT
PROFIT
36. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ENERGY
37. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
BRAINSTORMING
EVALUATION
PROFIT
HOLOGRAPHY
38. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
MOTHERBOARD
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
NANOTECHNOLOGY
39. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
HOLOGRAPHY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
LOAD
40. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
CONSTRAINTS
HARD DISK
41. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
BIO-CONVERSION
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
EVALUATION
ELECTROLYSis...
42. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
NAFTA
SERIES CIRCUIT
PRODUCTIVITY
HARD DISK
43. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
TEAM
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
MODULATION
SIMULATION
44. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
BOYLE'S LAW
45. 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
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
RAPID PROTOTYPING
MODULATION
46. Energy in motion.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
SYNTHESIS
KINETIC ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
47. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SYNTHESIS
48. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYSTEM
WORK
ENGINEERING
FEEDBACK
49. Someone who starts a business.
ENGINEERING
ENTREPRENEUR
PRODUCTIVITY
CRITERIA
50. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ENGINEERING
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
NAFTA