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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natural binary

Automation; Industrial automation

A number system to the base (radix) 2, in which the value of each bit is weighted in a binary progression by relation to its position in the binary word.

destination field

Automation; Industrial automation

Destination field. Identifies the address of the station to which a network packet is delivered.

packet

Automation; Industrial automation

The transmission unit exchanged at the network layer.

field wiring

Automation; Industrial automation

1) Wiring connected by the user after the user receives the product. 2) Contrasted with factory wiring

frequency-shift keying (FSK)

Automation; Industrial automation

A signal modulation technique in which the modulating signal shifts the carrier frequency between predetermined values.

bifurcated

Automation; Industrial automation

Something that branches off into 2 branches (e.g., a bifurcated terminal).

header

Automation; Industrial automation

1) A portion of a protocol data unit that contains protocol control information and precedes the start of data, if present. 2) In data storage, a file header identifies the file ...