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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
WORK
MODULATION
CONSTRAINTS
2. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
CRITERIA
SATELLITE
PROCESS
ASSEMBLY LINE
3. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MOTHERBOARD
FREQUENCY
SATELLITE
MODULATION
4. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
IDENTITY THEFT
INPUT
5. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
POWER
CRITERIA
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
6. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
SATELLITE
OPTIMIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
CRITICAL THINKING
7. 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)
RAPID PROTOTYPING
EVALUATION
ENGINEERING
8. Creating things through the process of planning.
SERIES CIRCUIT
DESIGN
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
9. The formal rules that guide the design process.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
MODULATION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
GLOBAL MARKET
10. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
NANOTECHNOLOGY
SYNTHESIS
SYSTEM
11. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ENERGY
SYSTEM
ENTREPRENEUR
12. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
RECEIVERS
TEAM
IDENTITY THEFT
ELECTROLYSis...
13. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
SYSTEM
BIO-CONVERSION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ENTREPRENEUR
14. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
KINETIC ENERGY
ENGINEERING
CIRCUIT
WORK
15. A resource that is entered into a system.
AMPLITUDE
INPUT
BRAINSTORMING
CRITERIA
16. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
SYSTEM
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ENERGY
INPUT
17. 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.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
SERIES CIRCUIT
NANOTECHNOLOGY
FREQUENCY
18. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ENERGY
BIO-CONVERSION
19. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
EVALUATION
SIMULATION
NAFTA
20. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
AMPLITUDE
IDENTITY THEFT
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ANALYSIS
21. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
PROFIT
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
TREND
22. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
ENERGY
DESIGN
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
23. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
GLOBAL MARKET
MODULATION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TECHNOLOGY
24. 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.
CRITERIA
BRAINSTORMING
LOAD
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
25. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
26. 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.
PROFIT
CRITERIA
FEEDBACK
AMPLITUDE
27. 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.
POWER
SYNTHESIS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
BRAINSTORMING
28. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
MODULATION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
TREND
29. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
TREND
SYSTEM
INPUT
PROFIT
30. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
IMPACTS
TREND
ELECTROLYSis...
31. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
EVALUATION
FLUID POWER
GLOBAL MARKET
POWER
32. 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.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
NAFTA
RECEIVERS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
33. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
AMPLITUDE
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ENGINEERING
34. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
ENERGY
NAFTA
INPUT
BRAINSTORMING
35. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
CONSTRAINTS
OPTIMIZATION
SYNTHESIS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
36. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
NUCLEAR FISSION
PRODUCTIVITY
GLOBAL MARKET
SATELLITE
37. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
SYSTEM
ENGINEERING
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
LOAD
38. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
IDENTITY THEFT
BRAINSTORMING
SIMPLE MACHINES
39. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
OPTIMIZATION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
AMPLITUDE
WORK
40. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
WORK
AMPLITUDE
41. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
TECHNOLOGY
MOTHERBOARD
HARD DISK
HOLOGRAPHY
42. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
MOTHERBOARD
ENERGY
FLUID POWER
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
43. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
SATELLITE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
CIRCUIT
44. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SATELLITE
ENERGY
45. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
PRODUCTIVITY
CONSTRAINTS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
46. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SERIES CIRCUIT
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
NUCLEAR FISSION
47. Energy in motion.
SIMPLE MACHINES
KINETIC ENERGY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
EVALUATION
48. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
BOYLE'S LAW
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
49. 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.
NUCLEAR FISSION
GLOBAL MARKET
FEEDBACK
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
50. 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
POWER
CONSTRAINTS
WORK