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Automation
A technique, method or system of operating a process by highly automatic means, in order to reduce human intervention and increase speed and efficiency.
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status
Automation; Industrial automation
The condition at a particular time of any of numerous entities within a system. These conditions may be represented by values in a status file.
transformer
Automation; Industrial automation
A component that consists of 2 or more coils coupled by magnetic induction.
polling
Automation; Industrial automation
A systematic method of interrogating each station on a communication link to determine which ones are in need of servicing.
floating
Automation; Industrial automation
The condition of a device or circuit that is not grounded and not tied to any established potential.
translator package
Automation; Industrial automation
A computer program that allows a ladder diagram program (in binary) to be documented with comments and cross references.
encoder multiplication
Automation; Industrial automation
A technique by which encoder resolution can be raised above the encoder line count. Normally 2 or 4 times the line count.
