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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
SENSORS
IMPACTS
ENERGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
2. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
BIO-CONVERSION
NANOTECHNOLOGY
MOTHERBOARD
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
3. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
PROFIT
KINETIC ENERGY
BIO-CONVERSION
WORK
4. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
CIRCUIT
ENERGY
HOLOGRAPHY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
5. 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.
OPTIMIZATION
ANALYSIS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
6. 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.
ENERGY
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR FISSION
AMPLITUDE
7. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SATELLITE
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
8. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
PROCESS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
TEAM
9. Stored energy or energy at rest.
INPUT
BOYLE'S LAW
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ENERGY
10. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
CIRCUIT
PRODUCTIVITY
DESIGN
11. 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.
SERIES CIRCUIT
NUCLEAR FISSION
SYNTHESIS
FEEDBACK
12. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
FREQUENCY
MOTHERBOARD
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
13. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
BOYLE'S LAW
TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TEAM
14. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
FLUID POWER
HARD DISK
15. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
SERIES CIRCUIT
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
TECHNOLOGY
PROFIT
16. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM
CIRCUIT
BOYLE'S LAW
17. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
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18. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYSTEM
SYNTHESIS
TREND
ENERGY
19. 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
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
20. 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.
SIMULATION
SENSORS
FREQUENCY
BIO-CONVERSION
21. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
FLUID POWER
GLOBAL MARKET
BOYLE'S LAW
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
22. A resource that is entered into a system.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
INPUT
BOYLE'S LAW
23. The basic framework of a system
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
INFRASTRUCTURE
MODULATION
FLUID POWER
24. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
OPTIMIZATION
25. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
INPUT
HOLOGRAPHY
CRITICAL THINKING
26. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
ASSEMBLY LINE
FLUID POWER
27. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ENERGY
28. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
ENGINEERING
FEEDBACK
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
NAFTA
29. The formal rules that guide the design process.
GLOBAL MARKET
INFRASTRUCTURE
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
30. A popular movement.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
SIMULATION
TREND
31. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
CRITICAL THINKING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
FLUID POWER
32. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
NUCLEAR FISSION
CRITERIA
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ENERGY
33. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
MOTHERBOARD
SYSTEM
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
34. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
SYNTHESIS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
TREND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
35. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
MODULATION
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
TECHNOLOGY
AMPLITUDE
36. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
MODULATION
ASSEMBLY LINE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
37. 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.
ENTREPRENEUR
POWER
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
IMPACTS
38. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
BRAINSTORMING
POWER
MODULATION
PRODUCTIVITY
39. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BOYLE'S LAW
PROCESS
ASSEMBLY LINE
BIO-CONVERSION
40. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
FLUID POWER
SATELLITE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
TEAM
41. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ENGINEERING
INPUT
FREQUENCY
42. 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.
NUCLEAR FISSION
IMPACTS
DESIGN
BRAINSTORMING
43. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
HOLOGRAPHY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
44. 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.'
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PROCESS
CRITICAL THINKING
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
45. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
INFRASTRUCTURE
ENERGY
RECEIVERS
MODULATION
46. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
RAPID PROTOTYPING
TREND
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
47. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ENERGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
48. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
ASSEMBLY LINE
CRITICAL THINKING
EVALUATION
SIMPLE MACHINES
49. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
50. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
TEAM
NUCLEAR FISSION
GLOBAL MARKET
ANALYSIS