2 definitions found
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
automation
n : a highly technical implementation; usually involving
electronic hardware; "automation replaces human workers
by machines" [syn: {mechanization}, {mechanisation}, {high
technology}, {high-tech}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
automation
Automatic, as opposed to human, operation or control of a
process, equipment or a system; or the techniques and
equipment used to achieve this Most often applied to
computer (or at least electronic) control of a manufacturing
process.
See also {design automation}, {office automation},
{manularity}, {Manufacturing Automation Protocol}, {PEARL},
{QBE}.
(1994-10-21)
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