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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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