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Technical Design And Engineering
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1. A popular movement.
TREND
DESIGN
NUCLEAR FISSION
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
2. An agreement that permits free trade among member nations. The decrease in trade barriers help manufacturers find larger markets for there product.
NAFTA
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
GLOBAL MARKET
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
3. A group of people working together to accomplish a common goal.
TECHNOLOGY
MOTHERBOARD
ENTREPRENEUR
TEAM
4. The long term storage mechanism of a computer. It holds the computer programs used for word processing - playing games - and other tasks.
HARD DISK
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
RAPID PROTOTYPING
5. Heat generated within the Earth as the result of the decay of radioactive materials beneath the Earth's crust.
BRAINSTORMING
FLUID POWER
PRODUCTIVITY
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
6. The basic framework of a system
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
LOAD
7. The unlawful acquisition of some one's personal information for use without their consent.
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SIMPLE MACHINES
IDENTITY THEFT
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
8. A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal. The basic parts of a system are input - process - and output.
CRITERIA
PRODUCTIVITY
SATELLITE
SYSTEM
9. The act of putting different things together to form a new product or idea.
DIRECT CURRENT (DC)
OPTIMIZATION
SYNTHESIS
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
10. Restriction or limit placed on a product.
ENERGY
CRITICAL THINKING
CONSTRAINTS
NAFTA
11. A device that creates a mechanical advantage. Complex machines are based on 6 simple machines in various combinations.
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
SIMPLE MACHINES
PRODUCTIVITY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
12. A wave created by electric and magnetic fields;it travels through the air like ripples in a pool of water.
SYSTEM
GLOBAL MARKET
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
AMPLITUDE
13. A device capable of detecting (sensing) changes in its environment; light and movement are examples.
WORK
TREND
IMPACTS
SENSORS
14. A circuit in which electricity flows along more than one path.
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
HARD DISK
ANALYSIS
PROCESS
15. The splitting of the nucleus of an atom.
INFRASTRUCTURE
BOYLE'S LAW
NUCLEAR FISSION
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
16. Energy in motion.
KINETIC ENERGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
WORK
FREQUENCY
17. 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
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
INPUT
OPTIMIZATION
18. Someone who starts a business.
ENTREPRENEUR
TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
19. The knowledge - tools - machines - skills - and other things that people make and do to send and receive information.
KINETIC ENERGY
SYNTHESIS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
HOLOGRAPHY
20. 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.
LOAD
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
POTENTIAL ENERGY
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
21. The use of 3D CAD drawings to create real models of a product within a sort of time.
FREQUENCY
RAPID PROTOTYPING
HARD DISK
IDENTITY THEFT
22. The law that states that if the pressure of a gas increases - the volume decreases (provided that the temperature remains constant).
23. 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
CONSTRAINTS
HOLOGRAPHY
POTENTIAL ENERGY
24. 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
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
NAFTA
INFRASTRUCTURE
25. The money a business makes after all expenses have been paid
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
PARALLEL CIRCUITS
PROCESS
PROFIT
26. The judgement of the end result based upon given criteria.
MOTHERBOARD
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
EVALUATION
27. 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.
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
PROCESS
IMPACTS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
28. A production system in which products are made one at a time according to customer's specifications.
PROCESS
MODULATION
CUSTOM PRODUCTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
29. Standards that a product must meet to be accepted.
ELECTROLYSis...
INFRASTRUCTURE
CRITERIA
POWER
30. A series of operations that includes all of the activities that must be performed in order for the system to yield the expected result.
SATELLITE
NANOTECHNOLOGY
CRITERIA
PROCESS
31. Studying the effects of a given technology to determine its impact.
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SYSTEM
DESIGN
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
32. The use of lasers to record realistic images of three- dimensional objects.
BOYLE'S LAW
HOLOGRAPHY
ASSEMBLY LINE
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS
33. The use of computers in each stage of the design process.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
TEAM
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
34. 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.'
HOLOGRAPHY
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU)
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
ENGINEERING
35. Current flow in which electrons reverse direction at regular intervals.
SENSORS
ANALYSIS
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
FLUID POWER
36. A device that orbits the Earth and receives messages from one location and transmits them to another.
SATELLITE
ANALYSIS
CONSTRAINTS
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
37. The use of force to act on an object in order to move move the object in the same direction as the force.
POWER
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
WORK
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
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.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
FEEDBACK
TECHNOLOGY
SENSORS
39. The process of creating the most effective and functional product or process while meeting all the criteria and constraints.
CONSTRAINTS
TEAM
OPTIMIZATION
ENERGY
40. The passage of electric current through an electrolytic fluid for the purpose of separating molecules.
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
ELECTROLYSis...
RECEIVERS
INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION
41. A resource that is entered into a system.
OPTIMIZATION
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
BRAINSTORMING
INPUT
42. The use of simple machines to multiply the output force of a mechanical system.
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
NUCLEAR FISSION
PRODUCTIVITY
MODULATION
43. The superimposition of sine waves on electromagnetic carrier waves.
ENGINEERING
MODULATION
SIMPLE MACHINES
PRODUCTIVITY
44. The design of equipment and environments to promote human health - safety - and well- being; sometimes referred to as ergonomics.
DIGITAL WORK FLOW
SIMULATION
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
ENERGY
45. 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)
LOAD
ENERGY
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
46. Creating things through the process of planning.
COMPUTER-AIDED DRAFTING (CAD)
DESIGN
NUCLEAR FISSION
ANALYSIS
47. 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
FEEDBACK
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD)
CRITERIA
48. A circuit in which electricity flows along a single path to more than one device.
WORK
ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC)
SERIES CIRCUIT
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
49. Processes and knowledge that can be used to extend human abilities as well as satisfy human needs and wants.
TECHNOLOGY
PROFIT
TEAM
TREND
50. The technology field focused on sending messages and other in formation using different means.
RAPID PROTOTYPING
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
TEAM
GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS