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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
PROCESS
MODULATION
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
2. 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.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
INFRASTRUCTURE
INPUT
FEEDBACK
3. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
MODULATION
WORK
FLUID POWER
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
4. A resource that is entered into a system.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
INPUT
HOLOGRAPHY
NUCLEAR FISSION
5. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYSTEM
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SIMULATION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
6. 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.
FLUID POWER
IMPACTS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
7. Energy in motion.
HARD DISK
CRITERIA
KINETIC ENERGY
SATELLITE
8. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
OPTIMIZATION
9. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
BOYLE'S LAW
ANALYSIS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
10. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
GLOBAL MARKET
ANALYSIS
CIRCUIT
EVALUATION
11. Stored energy or energy at rest.
BRAINSTORMING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
IMPACTS
POTENTIAL ENERGY
12. 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.'
NUCLEAR FISSION
SENSORS
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PRODUCTIVITY
13. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
CONSTRAINTS
WORK
14. Someone who starts a business.
ENTREPRENEUR
WORK
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
TEAM
15. 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.
BRAINSTORMING
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
SYSTEM
16. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
SYSTEM
17. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CRITICAL THINKING
KINETIC ENERGY
CONSTRAINTS
18. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
WORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
19. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
DESIGN
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
20. 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
ENERGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
21. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
RECEIVERS
DESIGN
MOTHERBOARD
22. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
FLUID POWER
LOAD
RECEIVERS
SIMPLE MACHINES
23. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
CRITERIA
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
24. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
RAPID PROTOTYPING
BRAINSTORMING
ENTREPRENEUR
25. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
SIMPLE MACHINES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
IDENTITY THEFT
26. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
PROFIT
MOTHERBOARD
TREND
27. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TECHNOLOGY
SATELLITE
IMPACTS
28. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
SENSORS
NAFTA
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
29. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
CRITERIA
30. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
INPUT
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
RECEIVERS
WORK
31. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
CRITERIA
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
DESIGN
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
32. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
SYSTEM
MOTHERBOARD
INPUT
CIRCUIT
33. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
PRODUCTIVITY
ENGINEERING
BIO-CONVERSION
DESIGN
34. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
DESIGN
POWER
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
35. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
TEAM
36. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
SIMPLE MACHINES
RECEIVERS
ANALYSIS
ENERGY
37. 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.
TEAM
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CRITICAL THINKING
HOLOGRAPHY
38. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
WORK
SYSTEM
POWER
39. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SERIES CIRCUIT
PROCESS
PROFIT
40. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PRODUCTIVITY
RECEIVERS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
41. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
TEAM
FLUID POWER
HARD DISK
42. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SERIES CIRCUIT
SIMPLE MACHINES
WORK
43. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
IMPACTS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
CRITICAL THINKING
44. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
IDENTITY THEFT
MODULATION
HARD DISK
45. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
SENSORS
SYNTHESIS
ASSEMBLY LINE
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
46. 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.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
AMPLITUDE
WORK
POTENTIAL ENERGY
47. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
LOAD
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
POWER
48. The formal rules that guide the design process.
CONSTRAINTS
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
INPUT
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
49. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
FREQUENCY
HOLOGRAPHY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TREND
50. 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.
BOYLE'S LAW
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
RECEIVERS
FREQUENCY