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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
MOTHERBOARD
SYNTHESIS
NAFTA
ELECTROLYSis...
2. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
WORK
MOTHERBOARD
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ENTREPRENEUR
3. 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.
LOAD
POTENTIAL ENERGY
WORK
BRAINSTORMING
4. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
BOYLE'S LAW
OPTIMIZATION
POWER
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
5. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
6. 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.
EVALUATION
CONSTRAINTS
SATELLITE
FREQUENCY
7. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
LOAD
TEAM
CONSTRAINTS
8. 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.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
9. 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
EVALUATION
BIO-CONVERSION
POWER
10. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
MODULATION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
BOYLE'S LAW
11. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
NAFTA
BRAINSTORMING
BIO-CONVERSION
ENERGY
12. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
PROFIT
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
RECEIVERS
13. 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.
EVALUATION
IDENTITY THEFT
SATELLITE
POWER
14. Energy in motion.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
KINETIC ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ENERGY
15. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
IMPACTS
SATELLITE
NUCLEAR FISSION
WORK
16. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
RAPID PROTOTYPING
NANOTECHNOLOGY
BRAINSTORMING
17. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRAINTS
CRITERIA
18. 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.
PROFIT
CRITERIA
FEEDBACK
NUCLEAR FISSION
19. Creating things through the process of planning.
DESIGN
NAFTA
MODULATION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
20. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
BIO-CONVERSION
WORK
RAPID PROTOTYPING
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
21. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
SIMULATION
ANALYSIS
22. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
23. A popular movement.
TECHNOLOGY
ANALYSIS
AMPLITUDE
TREND
24. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
SENSORS
PRODUCTIVITY
TREND
EVALUATION
25. A resource that is entered into a system.
BIO-CONVERSION
SIMULATION
ENERGY
INPUT
26. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPACTS
27. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
PROFIT
ENGINEERING
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
LOAD
28. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
ANALYSIS
FREQUENCY
HOLOGRAPHY
SATELLITE
29. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
TREND
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
30. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
TEAM
SERIES CIRCUIT
31. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
OPTIMIZATION
ANALYSIS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CRITERIA
32. The basic framework of a system
MOTHERBOARD
FLUID POWER
NANOTECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
33. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
ELECTROLYSis...
GLOBAL MARKET
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
34. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
CONSTRAINTS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
GLOBAL MARKET
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
35. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
BOYLE'S LAW
ENGINEERING
SYNTHESIS
36. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
37. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA
FREQUENCY
HARD DISK
38. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SENSORS
39. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
BRAINSTORMING
CIRCUIT
CONSTRAINTS
40. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
BOYLE'S LAW
PROFIT
TECHNOLOGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
41. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
SYSTEM
PROCESS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
42. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
PROCESS
SIMULATION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
43. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
MODULATION
OPTIMIZATION
SATELLITE
MOTHERBOARD
44. 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.
INFRASTRUCTURE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
RECEIVERS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
45. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
OPTIMIZATION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
GLOBAL MARKET
ENERGY
46. 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.'
HARD DISK
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
KINETIC ENERGY
47. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
ELECTROLYSis...
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
AMPLITUDE
SERIES CIRCUIT
48. Stored energy or energy at rest.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
SENSORS
49. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
SIMPLE MACHINES
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
BIO-CONVERSION
50. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
PRODUCTIVITY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE