automation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

automation
    n 1: the act of implementing the control of equipment with
         advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware;
         "automation replaces human workers by machines" [syn:
         {automation}, {mechanization}, {mechanisation}]
    2: the condition of being automatically operated or controlled;
       "automation increases productivity"
    3: equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation;
       "this factory floor is a showcase for automation and robotic
       equipment"

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

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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