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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. The process of turning abstractions of thought into concrete ideas.
CRITICAL THINKING
ENGINEERING
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
2. 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.
SYNTHESIS
IMPACTS
BRAINSTORMING
FLUID POWER
3. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
ANALYSIS
HOLOGRAPHY
MOTHERBOARD
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
4. The use of pressurized liquid or gasses to control and transmit power.
CRITERIA
INFRASTRUCTURE
FLUID POWER
SATELLITE
5. Stored energy or energy at rest.
HOLOGRAPHY
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
POWER
POTENTIAL ENERGY
6. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
SIMULATION
FREQUENCY
WORK
PROCESS
7. The imitation - as closely as possible - of the real- life circumstances in which a solution is intended to be used.
DESIGN
LOAD
SIMULATION
MODULATION
8. The formal rules that guide the design process.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ANALYSIS
EVALUATION
BOYLE'S LAW
9. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TEAM
POTENTIAL ENERGY
BIO-CONVERSION
POWER
10. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
SATELLITE
OPTIMIZATION
ASSEMBLY LINE
RAPID PROTOTYPING
11. The field of knowledge relating to materials as they exists on a molecular or atomic level.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SATELLITE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
INPUT
12. 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.
LOAD
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
NUCLEAR FISSION
ANALYSIS
13. Current flow in which electrons move in only one direction.
CIRCUIT
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
14. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ELECTROLYSis...
TECHNOLOGY
15. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
TECHNOLOGY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ENERGY
16. The act of breaking a particular subject into different parts to achieve clarity of understanding.
HARD DISK
SYNTHESIS
PROCESS
ANALYSIS
17. 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.
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
BRAINSTORMING
OPTIMIZATION
18. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
MODULATION
RAPID PROTOTYPING
IDENTITY THEFT
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
19. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
PRODUCTIVITY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
SIMULATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
20. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
CRITICAL THINKING
POWER
NUCLEAR FISSION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
21. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
22. A resource that is entered into a system.
INPUT
INFRASTRUCTURE
BRAINSTORMING
DESIGN
23. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
BRAINSTORMING
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
SATELLITE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
24. Someone who starts a business.
NAFTA
WORK
ENTREPRENEUR
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
25. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
WORK
HARD DISK
TECHNOLOGY
26. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
RECEIVERS
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
FEEDBACK
27. A method of obtaining energy from waste products
BIO-CONVERSION
WORK
CRITERIA
NUCLEAR FISSION
28. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SERIES CIRCUIT
ENERGY
NAFTA
SATELLITE
29. Trade of products and services on a global scale.
FREQUENCY
DESIGN
PROCESS
GLOBAL MARKET
30. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
DESIGN
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PROFIT
ENGINEERING
31. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
CRITERIA
PROFIT
CIRCUIT
ENERGY
32. In a computer - the primary circuit board to which all internal componnets are connected either directly or indirectly.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
ENERGY
MOTHERBOARD
33. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
IMPACTS
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
NANOTECHNOLOGY
ENERGY
34. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
HARD DISK
PROCESS
SIMPLE MACHINES
FEEDBACK
35. The use of a computer system to produce technical drawings and/or design a product.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
ELECTROLYSis...
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
36. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
CIRCUIT
NUCLEAR FISSION
HOLOGRAPHY
ASSEMBLY LINE
37. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
PROCESS
INPUT
HOLOGRAPHY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
38. 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.
TREND
FEEDBACK
ENTREPRENEUR
ANALYSIS
39. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
DESIGN
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
CONSTRAINTS
40. The comparison of the amount of goods produced (output) to the amount of resources (input) that produced them
PRODUCTIVITY
GLOBAL MARKET
SENSORS
ASSEMBLY LINE
41. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
CIRCUIT
PROFIT
NAFTA
SIMPLE MACHINES
42. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
SENSORS
POWER
FEEDBACK
43. 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.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
SERIES CIRCUIT
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
PROCESS
44. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
CRITERIA
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
IDENTITY THEFT
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
45. Creating things through the process of planning.
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
DESIGN
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
TREND
46. A popular movement.
TREND
FEEDBACK
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
OPTIMIZATION
47. The basic framework of a system
SENSORS
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
INFRASTRUCTURE
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
48. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
SYSTEM
TECHNOLOGY
TEAM
SATELLITE
49. The capacity to do work or exert effort.
NUCLEAR FISSION
ELECTROLYSis...
ASSEMBLY LINE
ENERGY
50. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HOLOGRAPHY
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
HARD DISK