Core Concepts of Technology

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Across
  1. 1. limitations on a design
  2. 3. the desired elements and features of a product or system
  3. 5. the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen
  4. 6. the technology of putting parts and materials together to create supports, containers, shelters, connectors and functional shapes
  5. 7. information, tools or devices that motivate students and give information or assistance with questions
  6. 9. the steps that lead to a result
  7. 11. relating to or forming part of the structure of a building or other item
  8. 14. a control system that has no means for comparing the outputb with input for control purposes
  9. 16. the men, women, and children of a particular nation, community, or ethnic group
  10. 17. (of a substance) able to flow easily
  11. 18. facts, information, or ideas for use in creating a book or other work
  12. 23. a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function
  13. 25. plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done
  14. 26. the dependence of two or more people or things on each other
  15. 27. a coding system using the binary digits 0 and 1 to represent a letter, digit, or other character in a computer or other electronic device
  16. 28. an automatic control system in which an operation, process, or mechanism is regulated by feedback
  17. 30. the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center
  18. 31. receive an advantage; profit
  19. 32. trying to make life easier with making new products
  20. 33. result
  21. 34. a hemispherical thin-shell structure based on a geodesic polyhedron
  22. 37. a system whose properties are not fully explained by an understanding of it's component parts
  23. 40. Provides science with the tools needed to explore the world
  24. 41. Provides the knowledge about the natural world that underlies most technological products today
  25. 43. What you want the system to do
  26. 45. Comparing result to the original need
  27. 46. the patterned series of interrelationships existing between individuals, groups, and institutions
  28. 48. a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art
Down
  1. 2. facts provided or learned about something or someone
  2. 4. a combination of materials, devices, structures, information, and energy
  3. 8. a holistic approach to analysis that focuses on the way that a system's constituent parts interrelate and how systems work over time and within the context of larger systems
  4. 10. a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise
  5. 11. a self-contained system within a larger system
  6. 12. the exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other purposes, especially the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones, etc
  7. 13. a group of interralated components designed collectively to achieve a desired goal
  8. 15. operating in or employing the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum
  9. 19. the state or quality of being efficient
  10. 20. a breakdown of any system hardware, operating system, or application software which prevents the accomplishment of the system's intended function
  11. 21. a series of interconnected compartments through which material and/or energy flow
  12. 22. an activity or purpose natural to or intended for a person or thing
  13. 24. the mathematical aspects of something
  14. 29. the state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage
  15. 35. the action of making the best or most effective use of a situation or resource
  16. 36. operating by or producing electricity
  17. 38. working or produced by machines or machinery
  18. 39. (of a device) having or operating with the aid of many small components, especially microchips and transistors, that control and direct an electric current
  19. 42. power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines
  20. 44. applying mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task
  21. 47. relating to heat