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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
ELECTROLYSis...
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
FLUID POWER
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
2. 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.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
POWER
3. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
GLOBAL MARKET
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ELECTROLYSis...
4. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
NUCLEAR FISSION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
5. 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.
SATELLITE
RAPID PROTOTYPING
WORK
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
6. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
RAPID PROTOTYPING
MOTHERBOARD
SIMULATION
PRODUCTIVITY
7. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
LOAD
NANOTECHNOLOGY
NAFTA
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
8. 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.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
SERIES CIRCUIT
9. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CRITICAL THINKING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
NAFTA
10. Stored energy or energy at rest.
POWER
CONSTRAINTS
SATELLITE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
11. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
TEAM
ASSEMBLY LINE
ENGINEERING
SYSTEM
12. 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.
LOAD
CIRCUIT
BRAINSTORMING
TECHNOLOGY
13. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
ENGINEERING
CIRCUIT
CRITICAL THINKING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
14. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ASSEMBLY LINE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
TEAM
15. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
MOTHERBOARD
POWER
POTENTIAL ENERGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
16. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
FLUID POWER
SIMULATION
TECHNOLOGY
17. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
PROCESS
EVALUATION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
18. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
AMPLITUDE
HARD DISK
19. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRAINTS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
20. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
OPTIMIZATION
EVALUATION
HOLOGRAPHY
21. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
22. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
HARD DISK
WORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
23. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
CIRCUIT
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ENERGY
TEAM
24. 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.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ELECTROLYSis...
FEEDBACK
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
25. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MODULATION
TEAM
TECHNOLOGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
26. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CRITERIA
NUCLEAR FISSION
HARD DISK
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.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SYSTEM
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PROCESS
28. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
CIRCUIT
TECHNOLOGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
FLUID POWER
29. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
PROCESS
LOAD
WORK
NUCLEAR FISSION
30. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
TREND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
RECEIVERS
HOLOGRAPHY
31. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SERIES CIRCUIT
MOTHERBOARD
ANALYSIS
SYSTEM
32. Creating things through the process of planning.
SYNTHESIS
BRAINSTORMING
IDENTITY THEFT
DESIGN
33. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
DESIGN
RAPID PROTOTYPING
34. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CRITERIA
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
35. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
GLOBAL MARKET
SERIES CIRCUIT
NUCLEAR FISSION
ELECTROLYSis...
36. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
TECHNOLOGY
TEAM
CONSTRAINTS
IDENTITY THEFT
37. 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
OPTIMIZATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
POTENTIAL ENERGY
38. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
SYNTHESIS
INPUT
ASSEMBLY LINE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
39. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
ASSEMBLY LINE
OPTIMIZATION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
MOTHERBOARD
40. A resource that is entered into a system.
RECEIVERS
INPUT
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
41. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
WORK
SENSORS
LOAD
CRITICAL THINKING
42. 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.'
FEEDBACK
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
ENTREPRENEUR
43. 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.
RECEIVERS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
KINETIC ENERGY
FREQUENCY
44. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
BIO-CONVERSION
ASSEMBLY LINE
HOLOGRAPHY
45. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
CRITICAL THINKING
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
46. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SYNTHESIS
TECHNOLOGY
CRITERIA
SIMPLE MACHINES
47. The basic framework of a system
SATELLITE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE
HARD DISK
48. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
TEAM
WORK
ENTREPRENEUR
SENSORS
49. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
BRAINSTORMING
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
50. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
LOAD
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SATELLITE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS