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automation
Replacing manual operations with computer procedures. For example, office automation refers to replacing typewriters, filing cabinets and paper appointment books with computer applications....
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Definition: automation
Replacing manual operations with computer procedures. For example, office automation refers to replacing typewriters, filing cabinets and paper appointment books with computer applications. Factory automation refers to computer-driven assembly lines as well as replacing humans with robots.
Just More Advanced Electronics
Automation may also refer to the adoption of more sophisticated electronics. For example, a tape library incorporates robotic functions to store multiple magnetic tape cartridges; however, the cartridges already existed as electronic devices. See also COM automation.
A Vision of Automation
A hundred years ago, the concept of the future lacked a major ingredient... the computer! Artist unknown, circa 1895. (Image courtesy of Rosemont Engineering.)
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