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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
NAFTA
ENGINEERING
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
2. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
3. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
PROFIT
SERIES CIRCUIT
TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
4. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
CIRCUIT
RAPID PROTOTYPING
5. 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.
IMPACTS
CONSTRAINTS
FEEDBACK
FLUID POWER
6. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BIO-CONVERSION
FLUID POWER
SATELLITE
FEEDBACK
7. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
NUCLEAR FISSION
KINETIC ENERGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
ENTREPRENEUR
8. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
RECEIVERS
OPTIMIZATION
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
9. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
SIMULATION
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
WORK
10. 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.'
SATELLITE
SERIES CIRCUIT
KINETIC ENERGY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
11. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
BIO-CONVERSION
CONSTRAINTS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
12. A unit that collects waves and decodes information contained within those waves.
SIMPLE MACHINES
RECEIVERS
FLUID POWER
BOYLE'S LAW
13. A popular movement.
FEEDBACK
SERIES CIRCUIT
LOAD
TREND
14. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SIMULATION
SIMPLE MACHINES
NAFTA
15. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
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16. The basic framework of a system
INFRASTRUCTURE
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
TREND
CIRCUIT
17. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
FLUID POWER
RAPID PROTOTYPING
KINETIC ENERGY
18. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
PROCESS
DESIGN
FREQUENCY
SERIES CIRCUIT
19. 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.
CRITICAL THINKING
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ANALYSIS
SATELLITE
20. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
SIMPLE MACHINES
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
RECEIVERS
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.
SERIES CIRCUIT
PROCESS
PROFIT
BOYLE'S LAW
22. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
LOAD
CRITERIA
ENERGY
SATELLITE
23. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
MODULATION
ANALYSIS
HOLOGRAPHY
24. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
RECEIVERS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
FLUID POWER
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
25. 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.
HARD DISK
PROFIT
CRITICAL THINKING
FREQUENCY
26. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
DESIGN
INFRASTRUCTURE
RECEIVERS
OPTIMIZATION
27. Someone who starts a business.
ENTREPRENEUR
LOAD
GLOBAL MARKET
MOTHERBOARD
28. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
GLOBAL MARKET
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
KINETIC ENERGY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
29. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
TREND
SYSTEM
INFRASTRUCTURE
30. 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.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
LOAD
SIMULATION
31. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
HOLOGRAPHY
IMPACTS
BOYLE'S LAW
NUCLEAR FISSION
32. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
OPTIMIZATION
33. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ELECTROLYSis...
NAFTA
34. 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.
IMPACTS
SIMPLE MACHINES
PROFIT
BRAINSTORMING
35. Energy in motion.
NUCLEAR FISSION
KINETIC ENERGY
CRITERIA
HOLOGRAPHY
36. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SIMULATION
ENERGY
37. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SYNTHESIS
TREND
ENERGY
38. 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
SIMPLE MACHINES
FEEDBACK
CONSTRAINTS
39. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
EVALUATION
FREQUENCY
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
POWER
40. 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)
NUCLEAR FISSION
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
ENTREPRENEUR
41. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
PRODUCTIVITY
WORK
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
MOTHERBOARD
42. 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.
FEEDBACK
IMPACTS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
PROCESS
43. A resource that is entered into a system.
CRITERIA
INPUT
FEEDBACK
CONSTRAINTS
44. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
AMPLITUDE
DESIGN
FLUID POWER
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
45. 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.
AMPLITUDE
NAFTA
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
HARD DISK
46. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
HOLOGRAPHY
AMPLITUDE
FLUID POWER
47. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
FREQUENCY
TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
SERIES CIRCUIT
48. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
FEEDBACK
SERIES CIRCUIT
ENERGY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
49. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
RECEIVERS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
ELECTROLYSis...
ENGINEERING
50. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
INPUT
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SATELLITE
AMPLITUDE