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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
PROFIT
GLOBAL MARKET
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
2. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
INPUT
HOLOGRAPHY
SYNTHESIS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
3. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
AMPLITUDE
4. 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
PRODUCTIVITY
FREQUENCY
FEEDBACK
5. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
CRITICAL THINKING
DESIGN
6. The combination of knowledge of science - mathematics - technology - and communication to solve technology problems.
PROFIT
ANALYSIS
ENGINEERING
ASSEMBLY LINE
7. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
NAFTA
SYSTEM
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
8. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
FLUID POWER
NAFTA
POTENTIAL ENERGY
CIRCUIT
9. 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.
SERIES CIRCUIT
BRAINSTORMING
TREND
SIMULATION
10. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ENERGY
PROCESS
11. 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)
IDENTITY THEFT
ENGINEERING
BRAINSTORMING
12. 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.
POWER
ENERGY
NAFTA
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
13. A production process in which the part or product moves down a line from one station to the next while parts are added.
ASSEMBLY LINE
INPUT
KINETIC ENERGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
14. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
CIRCUIT
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
WORK
SENSORS
15. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
CONSTRAINTS
GLOBAL MARKET
SATELLITE
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
16. 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.
FREQUENCY
BRAINSTORMING
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PROFIT
17. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
CRITICAL THINKING
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CIRCUIT
PRODUCTIVITY
18. Stored energy or energy at rest.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
WORK
NUCLEAR FISSION
ENGINEERING
19. Someone who starts a business.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ANALYSIS
ENTREPRENEUR
20. The basic framework of a system
LOAD
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
IMPACTS
INFRASTRUCTURE
21. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
NUCLEAR FISSION
DESIGN
EVALUATION
HARD DISK
22. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
PROFIT
HOLOGRAPHY
23. 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.
MODULATION
IMPACTS
BOYLE'S LAW
POWER
24. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
SENSORS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
INPUT
MODULATION
25. Creating things through the process of planning.
FLUID POWER
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CIRCUIT
DESIGN
26. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
IMPACTS
EVALUATION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
IDENTITY THEFT
27. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
BIO-CONVERSION
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
SIMPLE MACHINES
BRAINSTORMING
28. Energy in motion.
MODULATION
KINETIC ENERGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
CIRCUIT
29. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
FLUID POWER
ENGINEERING
LOAD
30. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
AMPLITUDE
SYNTHESIS
CRITICAL THINKING
31. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
INPUT
SATELLITE
FREQUENCY
ENERGY
32. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
RAPID PROTOTYPING
IMPACTS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
33. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
CONSTRAINTS
MODULATION
BIO-CONVERSION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
34. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
MOTHERBOARD
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
PRODUCTIVITY
35. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING
LOAD
CRITERIA
36. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
RAPID PROTOTYPING
WORK
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
37. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
SIMULATION
ELECTROLYSis...
SENSORS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
38. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
TREND
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
39. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
MOTHERBOARD
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
POWER
40. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
PRODUCTIVITY
MODULATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TEAM
41. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
RECEIVERS
CRITICAL THINKING
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
42. A popular movement.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
PRODUCTIVITY
TREND
43. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
PROCESS
ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
TECHNOLOGY
44. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
GLOBAL MARKET
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
INFRASTRUCTURE
HOLOGRAPHY
45. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
IDENTITY THEFT
ANALYSIS
FLUID POWER
WORK
46. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
ELECTROLYSis...
RECEIVERS
HOLOGRAPHY
KINETIC ENERGY
47. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
MOTHERBOARD
TEAM
RECEIVERS
ANALYSIS
48. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
ENERGY
RECEIVERS
PROCESS
LOAD
49. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
TREND
SATELLITE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
50. 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
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT