Online Google Dictionary

automation 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/ˌôtəˈmāSHən/,
Font size:

automations, plural;
  1. The use of largely automatic equipment in a system of manufacturing or other production process
    • - unemployment due to the spread of automation
    • - the automation of office tasks
  1. the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware; "automation replaces human workers by machines"
  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"
  4. Automation is the use of control systems and information technologies reducing the need for human intervention.
  5. (Automate (album)) Automate is the second album of Forma Tadre, a German musical project. This album is quite different from Forma Tadre's previous album, Navigator as it has a much more ambient feel.
  6. The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls
  7. (automate) To replace or enhance human labor with machines
  8. (Automate) When your best friend is a robot
  9. (automate) UK driving buddy - e.g., The Brit, the Afrikaaner, and the Aussie made great automates whilst motoring.
  10. (Automated) Acting or operating in a manner essentially independent of external influence or control.
  11. (Automated) Means computerized for the purpose of this document.
  12. (Automated) to operate or control an instrument or piece of equipment using pre-programmed instructions; many of the instruments used in the observing system have automated sampling
  13. (Automating) Using information systems to do an activity faster or cheaper.
  14. In some networks, one or both endpoints, as well as all intermediate points, involved in a given communication may be machines with only minimal human supervision.
  15. A watch with animated figures, placed on the dial or case, actuated by the going, striking, musical or repeating train.
  16. Changing from manual, paperbased methods of recording, organizing, and retrieving information to computerized systems. Circulation control and cataloging are among the most widely automated library functions.
  17. Methods of production that rely on mechanical or electronic technologies as a replacement for human labour. See: DESKILLING / FORDISM / .
  18. An OLE feature that allows you to invoke the features of one program from another program. The invocation can happen behind the scenes, without user involvement. In more technical terms, Automation allows you to programmatically call the application programming interface (API) of a server.
  19. Employing machines to do the work of people. The steam engine and the automation that it enabled was the backbone of the Industrial Revolution.
  20. (1) The conversion to and implementation of procedures, processes, or equipment by automated means. (2) Industrial open- or closed-loop control systems in which the manual operation of controls is replaced by servo operation.
  21. A self-driven computing of chance from which human initiative has been excluded, and an interruption of this process in informative situations intended by humans.
  22. Automated production processes, e.g. robots, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and continuous process technology (CPT).
  23. Automation is characterised as using technology to achieve self-service.
  24. 1. A Central Kansas Library System department run headed by Steve Thomas providing advice and help purchasing and maintaining computer hardware and software of member libraries. Homepage. 2. ...
  25. a system of manufacturing in which many or all of the operations are done by machine.