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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
BIO-CONVERSION
CIRCUIT
RAPID PROTOTYPING
SENSORS
2. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SATELLITE
SYSTEM
3. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
NAFTA
4. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
KINETIC ENERGY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
FLUID POWER
NAFTA
5. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
SATELLITE
ASSEMBLY LINE
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
6. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
PROFIT
ENERGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
7. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SYSTEM
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
8. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
SYSTEM
WORK
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
HOLOGRAPHY
9. 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.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
FEEDBACK
10. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
INFRASTRUCTURE
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
EVALUATION
DESIGN
11. The basic framework of a system
POWER
CRITICAL THINKING
INFRASTRUCTURE
INPUT
12. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
RECEIVERS
NUCLEAR FISSION
SENSORS
13. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
BRAINSTORMING
POWER
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
14. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
MOTHERBOARD
ENERGY
15. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
INPUT
INFRASTRUCTURE
EVALUATION
LOAD
16. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ANALYSIS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
ELECTROLYSis...
17. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
TEAM
DESIGN
POTENTIAL ENERGY
18. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
ENTREPRENEUR
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY
HOLOGRAPHY
19. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
EVALUATION
DESIGN
SERIES CIRCUIT
SENSORS
20. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
DESIGN
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CONSTRAINTS
21. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
OPTIMIZATION
PROFIT
NAFTA
PROCESS
22. The formal rules that guide the design process.
ENERGY
POWER
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
23. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
HARD DISK
ENTREPRENEUR
RAPID PROTOTYPING
MOTHERBOARD
24. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
25. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
GLOBAL MARKET
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
RECEIVERS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
26. Energy in motion.
SENSORS
ENERGY
KINETIC ENERGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
27. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
ANALYSIS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
SERIES CIRCUIT
ELECTROLYSis...
28. 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.'
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SATELLITE
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
29. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
CONSTRAINTS
PROFIT
INPUT
SENSORS
30. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
GLOBAL MARKET
SENSORS
FEEDBACK
MODULATION
31. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
SENSORS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
32. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
SYNTHESIS
ENERGY
GLOBAL MARKET
33. 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.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
NUCLEAR FISSION
BRAINSTORMING
BOYLE'S LAW
34. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BIO-CONVERSION
IDENTITY THEFT
FREQUENCY
EVALUATION
35. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYNTHESIS
SYSTEM
NANOTECHNOLOGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
36. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
LOAD
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
PRODUCTIVITY
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
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.
ENGINEERING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
SENSORS
IMPACTS
38. 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.
GLOBAL MARKET
LOAD
OPTIMIZATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
39. A resource that is entered into a system.
INPUT
AMPLITUDE
MOTHERBOARD
OPTIMIZATION
40. Someone who starts a business.
FEEDBACK
ELECTROLYSis...
ENTREPRENEUR
AMPLITUDE
41. Stored energy or energy at rest.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
POTENTIAL ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
ELECTROLYSis...
42. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
EVALUATION
LOAD
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
BRAINSTORMING
43. Creating things through the process of planning.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
DESIGN
CIRCUIT
44. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
SERIES CIRCUIT
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ENERGY
EVALUATION
45. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
EVALUATION
IDENTITY THEFT
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
CIRCUIT
46. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
CIRCUIT
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
INPUT
TREND
47. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
PRODUCTIVITY
DESIGN
BOYLE'S LAW
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
48. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
FLUID POWER
AMPLITUDE
MOTHERBOARD
49. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
FREQUENCY
KINETIC ENERGY
50. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
IMPACTS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ENGINEERING
ASSEMBLY LINE