Automation

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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display

Automation; Industrial automation

The image that appears on a CRT screen or on other image projection systems.

WINtelligent RECIPE software

Automation; Industrial automation

Rockwell Automation operator interface software (Microsoft Windows-based) for a visual graphics system that simultaneously modifies data values and uses state changes, bar graphs, ...

surge suppressor

Automation; Industrial automation

A device that attenuates the magnitude of electrical noise.

electrically-erasable prom (EEPROM)

Automation; Industrial automation

A type of PROM that can be erased and re-programmed by electrical signals. As with all PROMs, it is non-volatile random-access memory. (See PROM, EPROM, and UV-erasable PROM.)

quantization error

Automation; Industrial automation

The inherent fixed error associated with digitizing an analog variable where a continuous form of data is being replaced by non-continuous increments.