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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
SENSORS
PROCESS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CRITICAL THINKING
2. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
RECEIVERS
AMPLITUDE
RAPID PROTOTYPING
MODULATION
3. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
EVALUATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
DESIGN
4. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
CRITERIA
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
IDENTITY THEFT
BIO-CONVERSION
5. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
CRITERIA
SERIES CIRCUIT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
6. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
CIRCUIT
EVALUATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
BOYLE'S LAW
7. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
IDENTITY THEFT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SYSTEM
AMPLITUDE
8. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
TREND
CRITERIA
ANALYSIS
9. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ELECTROLYSis...
POWER
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
10. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
FLUID POWER
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
KINETIC ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
11. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
KINETIC ENERGY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
TEAM
12. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
INPUT
OPTIMIZATION
BRAINSTORMING
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
13. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
BIO-CONVERSION
INPUT
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
14. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
OPTIMIZATION
INPUT
ENTREPRENEUR
SATELLITE
15. Stored energy or energy at rest.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
16. 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.
LOAD
KINETIC ENERGY
SYSTEM
IMPACTS
17. 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.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
POWER
GLOBAL MARKET
18. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
POWER
CRITERIA
GLOBAL MARKET
HARD DISK
19. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
POWER
SYNTHESIS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
HOLOGRAPHY
20. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
TREND
SIMULATION
SATELLITE
SYSTEM
21. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
ANALYSIS
SENSORS
ENERGY
22. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
ENERGY
MOTHERBOARD
NUCLEAR FISSION
SATELLITE
23. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
SYNTHESIS
HARD DISK
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
MOTHERBOARD
24. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
NAFTA
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ENTREPRENEUR
IDENTITY THEFT
25. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SIMULATION
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
NAFTA
26. The formal rules that guide the design process.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
GLOBAL MARKET
27. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
MODULATION
PROCESS
MOTHERBOARD
ASSEMBLY LINE
28. 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
SATELLITE
FREQUENCY
OPTIMIZATION
29. 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.'
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CRITERIA
ENERGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
30. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
MOTHERBOARD
CRITICAL THINKING
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
31. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
KINETIC ENERGY
BIO-CONVERSION
SERIES CIRCUIT
IMPACTS
32. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
AMPLITUDE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
WORK
CIRCUIT
33. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
FEEDBACK
ENERGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
34. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
FLUID POWER
WORK
RAPID PROTOTYPING
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
35. Someone who starts a business.
MOTHERBOARD
AMPLITUDE
ENTREPRENEUR
PRODUCTIVITY
36. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
RECEIVERS
CRITICAL THINKING
MODULATION
CONSTRAINTS
37. 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.
OPTIMIZATION
TREND
LOAD
POWER
38. 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.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
BRAINSTORMING
ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
39. Creating things through the process of planning.
TREND
ENTREPRENEUR
DESIGN
MOTHERBOARD
40. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
41. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
IDENTITY THEFT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
AMPLITUDE
42. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
LOAD
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
SYSTEM
43. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
GLOBAL MARKET
CIRCUIT
TECHNOLOGY
SATELLITE
44. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
ASSEMBLY LINE
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
EVALUATION
ENERGY
45. A resource that is entered into a system.
INPUT
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY
46. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
SERIES CIRCUIT
MOTHERBOARD
47. 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.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
PRODUCTIVITY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
TEAM
48. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
POWER
INPUT
49. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ANALYSIS
TEAM
50. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
HOLOGRAPHY
RECEIVERS
BOYLE'S LAW