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Multimedia Combining two or more technologies together. Your portfolio is a multimedia. Even a meeting combining telephones, television, and computers.

Computer Terms Digital Storage is expressed in bytes. Kilobyte- Million Gigabyte- Billion Terabyte- Trillion

Central Processing Unit CPUs the brains of the computer. The better the processer is the faster it is.

Local Area Network Shared server, hardware, printer, can communicate with eachother. A LAN is our lab.

Random-Access Memory Temporary memory in a computer.

Read Only Memory Permanent memory in a computer (the operating system)

Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Computer takes control and makes products.

Orthhographic Projection A way to represent 3D objects in 2D. It shows several views. (3D)

Perspective The appearance an area has if you were looking at it.

Graph Shows info visually.

Sequence Diagram. Shows the order or steps of how to do something.

Intigrated Circuits Contains hundreds of parts. A complex set of electronic compoments that are on a tiny slice of semiconducting material.

Circuit Breaker Protects houses, schools, and all buildings that have electricity from an electric overload.

Conductor Carries Electricity List three examples: Copper Battery Water

Reciprocating Motion A back and forth/ up and down motion which repeats over and over again.

Rotary Motion Motion that goes in a circle.

Oscilating Motion Motion that moves along a path then returns to the same path.

Hydraulic System Machines and tools which use fluid or oil.

Pneumatics Uses air to work.

Mechanical Design. Using the Design Cycle to build machines.

Triangles Makes the most solid structure.

Occupational Health and Safety Administration. (OSHA) A department in the government that inspects houses, schools, and all buildings to make sure they are safe.

Composite Materiels Made of two or more materiels.

Thermoplastic Materiel that is plastic. When it is hot it melts, so it can be molded into a soft materiel. When it is cooled it can be molded into a strong materiel.

Alloy Two metals mixed together to create a new metal.

Casting Melting metal, glass, or plastic and pouring it into a mold. When it is cooled it is a solid object.

Dynamic load The load/weight changes on the structure.

Shearing Cutting metal.

Torsion Twisting.

Pressing Applying pressure.

Bending Taking a straight object and curving it.

Forging Shaping metal by heating it up.

Construction Technology Building/making things.

Communication Technology Using technology to communicate.

Manufactruting Technology Making something on a mass scale.

Transportation Technology Technology that moves people and/ or things.