Focuses on buildings people will live in.

A wooden house constructed entirely or largely on-site; that is, built on the site which it is intended to occupy upon its completion rather than in a factory or similar facility.

The business of building and leasing or selling spaces in the private sector.

The process of submitting a proposal to undertake, or manage the undertaking of a construction project. The process starts with a cost estimate from blueprints and material take offs.

An individual or a business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract.

An inspection that ensures that proposed construction is consistent with the funds that are being requested from the contractor.

They research the best suppliers of the required goods, prepare and process orders, and verify deliveries. They negotiate the prices and assess the quality of the purchased products.

Used to apply a design to a PowerPoint presentation. It is also possible to make changes to the slide size, slide background, and other design attributes.

Determines how the slides in the presentation will move from slide to slide.

Used to set animations for the PowerPoint presentation.

Provides options for presenting the Slide Show to the audience. Narration for the show can be recorded. Decisions can be made as to where to start the presentation.

The different levels at which one can place an object or image file.

To remove part of (a photograph or other image) in order to produce a better picture or to fit a given space.

A legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances.

Public Works Constructions

Stick Built Home

Commercial Construction

The general term for the basic physical systems of a business, region, or nation.

A large regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces.

This is always the first phase of any major construction or forestry project. This process involves clearing the land of trees and debris, leveling the ground for building, and moving materials to and from the site.

Involves identifying, sizing, and placing temporary facilities (TFs) within the boundaries of construction site.

Used to check the spelling in the presentation, to add comments to different slides within the presentation, and to protect the presentation so that others cannot make revisions.

Used to view the presentation in different formats, it is also used to view more than one PowerPoint window at a time, or to decide whether to display the ruler within the window.

Types of computer graphic software.

The space where no intellectual property rights exist. This means material may be used without any restrictions whatsoever.

When another person (or entity) does the things without the copyright owner's permission (often called a license) and without any relevant defense.

These are combined to form a complete image, video, text, or any visible thing on a computer display.

A type of digital image that uses tiny rectangular pixels, or picture elements, arranged in a grid formation to represent an image.

The part of the economy, sometimes referred to as the citizen sector, which is owned by private groups.

The part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises.

They Determine the best way to use a city's land and resources.

A way to build cities, towns, and neighborhoods that are economically prosperous, socially equitable, and environmentally sustainable.

An upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline. The part above the ground.

A horizontal structural member used in framing to span an open space, often between beams that subsequently transfer loads to vertical members.

A structural component that is used as part of a roof construction.

A structural framework of timbers designed to bridge the space above a room and to provide support for a roof. Usually in the shape of a triangle.

A type of digital image that uses tiny rectangular pixels, or picture elements, arranged in a grid formation to represent an image.

Means that as the file size is compressed, the picture quality gets worse due to lost data.

Means that as the file size is compressed, the picture quality remains the same - it does not get worse.

The management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends.

Sets of regulations governing the design, construction, alteration and maintenance of structures.

The technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them.

The board or panel material used in floor, wall and roof assemblies of both residential and commercial construction.

This refer to service systems in a building, such as electrical systems, plumbing systems, and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.

This happens in case something happens after your building construction is complete.

Artwork made up of points, lines, and curves that are based upon mathematical equations, rather than a solid colored squares.

Image file type Usually used for web and print photos w/ lossy compression.

Usually used for logos and drawings w/ lossless compression that can also be animated.

Usually used for line art, logos, cartoons and web photos w/ lossless compression that can also be animated.

Land acquisition is the power of a state, provincial, or national government to take private property for public use.

A type of drawing used by architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and engineers which shows existing and proposed conditions for a given area, typically a parcel of land which is to be modified.

A drawing to scale, showing a view from above, of the relationships between rooms, spaces, traffic patterns, and other physical features at one level of a structure.

This person is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of a building project.

Popular Presentation Software

Used to perform many of the common tasks such as changing fonts, cutting and pasting text and images into presentations, changing paragraph formats, drawing objects, and editing text.

Used to insert different features such as tables, pictures, clip art, shapes, charts, page numbers, word art, or headers, and footers into a presentation.

Measures the number of pixels in a digital image or display. It is defined as width by height.

Images that allow light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen.

Images allow some light to travel through them. Materials like frosted glass

Images you are not able to be seen through.

The smallest unit of ordinary matter that forms a chemical element.

The center made of one or more protons and a number of neutrons.

A vector field that describes the magnetic influence on moving electric charges, electric currents and magnetic materials.

Unlike poles attract each other.

A type of magnet in which the magnetic field is produced by an electric current.

A device that converts motive power (mechanical energy) into electrical power for use in an external circuit.

The decrease of electrical potential along the path of a current flowing in an electrical circuit.

The voltage across each load device is proportional to that load devices resistance.

The voltage is equal throughout the circuit.

If the number of protons and electrons are equal, then the atom is electrically __________

If an atom has more or fewer electrons than protons.

A tabular display of the chemical elements, which are arranged by atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties.

An electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.

An electronic measuring instrument that can measure Voltage, Resistance(ohm), Current Flow(amperage).

The difference in electric potential between two points, which (in a static electric field) is defined as the work needed per unit of charge to move a test charge between the two points.

An outer shell electron that is associated with an atom, and that can participate in the formation of a chemical bond if the outer shell is not closed.

This is generated by the flow of: Negatively charged electrons.

An object or type of material that allows the flow of charge (electrical current) in one or more directions.

The SI unit of electrical resistance.

This law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points.

A material in which the electron does not flow freely.

A material has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor and an insulator.

An imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material.

An electrical pathway in which electrons can travel.

A device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices.

A graphical representation of an electrical circuit.

An electrical circuit that contains only one path for current to flow.

An electrical circuit that contains more than one path for current to flow.

A semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power.

The intentional introduction of impurities into an intrinsic semiconductor for the purpose of modulating its electrical, optical and structural properties.

A basic unit of information in computing and digital communications. It represents a logical state with one of two possible values.

Base 16 numeral system represents numbers using a radix (base) of 16.

A physical electronic device implementing a Boolean function, a logical operation performed on one or more binary inputs that produces a single binary output.

The output Q can only be ON or 1 when both inputs are ON or 1.

A passive two-terminal electrical component that implements electrical resistance as a circuit element.

Uses for resistors

The amount of variation that is allowable from the established value of a fixed resisitor.

This is measured in ohm's.

These can be used to adjust circuit elements (such as a volume control or a lamp dimmer), or as sensing devices for heat, light, humidity, force, or chemical activity.

A three-terminal resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider.

A type of resistor whose resistance is strongly dependent on temperature, more so than in standard resistors.

A passive component that decreases resistance with respect to receiving luminosity on the component's sensitive surface.

A two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction.

A device that stores electrical energy in an electric field. It is a passive electronic component with two terminals.

Electronic systems with a continuously variable signal.

They are the ubiquitous little black “chips” you find on just about every circuit board.

The observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years.

Also called the base-ten positional numeral system is the standard system for denoting integer and non-integer numbers.

A number expressed in the base-2 numeral system.

Computing Cycle

Types of computers

A printed circuit board that can be inserted into an electrical connector, or expansion slot, on a computer motherboard, backplane or riser card to add functionality to a computer system via the expansion bus.

Input Device

Output Device

A controlled private network that allows access to partners, vendors and suppliers or an authorized set of customers.

Technology that can encapsulate and transmit network data, typically Internet Protocol data, over another network.

Network Topology

A computer with a high level of performance commonly measured in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) instead of million instructions per second (MIPS).

The big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications, bulk data processing (such as the census and industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and large-scale transaction processing).

A collection of instructions and data that tell a computer how to work.

A computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer or automaton.

An access point to the mainframe that provides a connection for a keyboard, mouse and monitor. This is not an actual computer and cannot process the information.

Requirements to connect to a network

Network Hardware

Computing software designed to carry out a specific task other than one relating to the operation of the computer itself, typically to be used by end-users.

System software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

Types of computer operating systems

Types of phone operating systems

Standardizes the way that computers communicate with one another by dividing a computer’s communication into seven layers.

Where the different components of your desktop computer are housed.

The electronic circuitry that executes instructions comprising a computer program.

A passive heat exchanger that transfers the heat generated by an electronic or a mechanical device to a fluid medium, often air or a liquid coolant, where it is dissipated away from the device, thereby allowing regulation of the device's temperature.

A type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices where the info cannot be electronically modified after the manufacture of the memory device.

Processes commands to a computer program in the form of lines of text.

A form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and audio indicator.

A type of computer software in which source code is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose.

A type of volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices where the operating system (OS), application programs and data in current use are kept so they can be quickly reached by the device's processor.

The main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers. It holds and allows communication between many of the crucial electronic components of a system.

Converts mains AC to low-voltage regulated DC power for the internal components of a computer.

A data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data. This format is non volatile i.e. read only memory.

An identifier specified as a suffix to the name of a computer file. Like .pdf, .doc, or .xls

Network Types

A computer network for sharing information, collaboration tools, operational systems, and other computing services within an organization, usually to the exclusion of access by outsiders.