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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
SYNTHESIS
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
ELECTROLYSis...
2. 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.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRAINTS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
EVALUATION
3. 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.
NUCLEAR FISSION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
EVALUATION
LOAD
4. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SENSORS
ANALYSIS
CONSTRAINTS
5. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
ENERGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
ANALYSIS
RAPID PROTOTYPING
6. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
BRAINSTORMING
RAPID PROTOTYPING
MODULATION
EVALUATION
7. 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.
GLOBAL MARKET
IMPACTS
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
POWER
8. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
MOTHERBOARD
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
EVALUATION
PROFIT
9. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
SERIES CIRCUIT
NANOTECHNOLOGY
IMPACTS
OPTIMIZATION
10. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
NUCLEAR FISSION
SENSORS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
11. Someone who starts a business.
NAFTA
POTENTIAL ENERGY
ENTREPRENEUR
IMPACTS
12. 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
NAFTA
PRODUCTIVITY
BIO-CONVERSION
13. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
MOTHERBOARD
SENSORS
14. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
SIMULATION
CRITICAL THINKING
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ENERGY
15. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
SERIES CIRCUIT
SIMULATION
GLOBAL MARKET
IDENTITY THEFT
16. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
SIMPLE MACHINES
NAFTA
SIMULATION
GLOBAL MARKET
17. Stored energy or energy at rest.
POTENTIAL ENERGY
TREND
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
FREQUENCY
18. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
MODULATION
SYSTEM
IDENTITY THEFT
TREND
19. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
CONSTRAINTS
TECHNOLOGY
BOYLE'S LAW
RECEIVERS
20. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
TREND
IMPACTS
PRODUCTIVITY
21. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
ENERGY
WORK
DESIGN
22. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
AMPLITUDE
OPTIMIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
GLOBAL MARKET
23. 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
OPTIMIZATION
KINETIC ENERGY
LOAD
24. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
DESIGN
TECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
25. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
ENERGY
EVALUATION
26. Creating things through the process of planning.
ENERGY
DESIGN
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
PROCESS
27. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
FREQUENCY
SATELLITE
ENERGY
28. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
IMPACTS
NAFTA
SIMULATION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
29. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
WORK
TREND
MOTHERBOARD
FLUID POWER
30. 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.
ENERGY
POWER
WORK
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
31. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TECHNOLOGY
32. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
POWER
BRAINSTORMING
FEEDBACK
BIO-CONVERSION
33. 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
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
IMPACTS
INPUT
34. 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.
IDENTITY THEFT
SERIES CIRCUIT
EVALUATION
AMPLITUDE
35. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
SYNTHESIS
CRITICAL THINKING
NAFTA
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
36. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
SENSORS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
DESIGN
37. 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.
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
TEAM
38. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
NAFTA
ENERGY
TEAM
ENERGY
39. The basic framework of a system
MODULATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
POTENTIAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
40. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
NUCLEAR FISSION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
HARD DISK
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
41. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
BIO-CONVERSION
SENSORS
ANALYSIS
NUCLEAR FISSION
42. 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.
CIRCUIT
POWER
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
BRAINSTORMING
43. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HARD DISK
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SYSTEM
44. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
KINETIC ENERGY
ASSEMBLY LINE
AMPLITUDE
45. The path by which a message travels from the sender to receiver.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
ENERGY
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
46. A language - used to write computer programs - that can easily be translated into machine language.
POWER
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
47. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
48. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
OPTIMIZATION
ELECTROLYSis...
MODULATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
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.
FEEDBACK
DESIGN
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
SYSTEM
50. The path by which electric current or pulses flow.
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CRITERIA
SYNTHESIS
CIRCUIT