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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RS-232-C

Automation; Industrial automation

An EIA standard that specifies electrical, mechanical, and functional characteristics for serial binary communication circuits in a point-to-point link.

RS-449

Automation; Industrial automation

An EIA standard that specifies mechanical and functional characteristics for digital interface circuits. This standard is used in combination with either RS-422 or RS-423.

UV-erasable PROM

Automation; Industrial automation

An EPROM that is erasable by ultra-violet light. (See PROM, EPROM and EEPROM)

I/O rack

Automation; Industrial automation

An I/O addressing unit that corresponds to 8 input image table words and 8 output image table words. A rack can contain a maximum of 8 I/O groups for a maximum of 128 I/O with ...

complementary I/O addressing

Automation; Industrial automation

An I/O configuration in which an input module in one slot location and an output module in another slot location are given the same location address. It is complementary because ...