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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vector

Automation; Industrial automation

A quantity that denotes both magnitude and direction. Vectors are commonly represented by a line segment with an arrow; the length represents the magnitude; the orientation in ...

laser

Automation; Industrial automation

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. A device that converts input power into a very narrow beam of coherent light (light that is all a single frequency and in ...

demagnetization

Automation; Industrial automation

When a permanent-magnet dc motor is subjected to high current pulses, the magnets may become slightly demagnetized, resulting in a lower torque constant.

flag

Automation; Industrial automation

A marker of some type used in processing or interpreting information; a signal indicating the existence or status of a particular condition. Flags are used in such areas as ...

jump instruction

Automation; Industrial automation

An instruction that causes the processor to deviate from executing instructions in order, by jumping to another place in the program.

radix (base)

Automation; Industrial automation

The quantity of characters for use in each of the digital positions of a numbering system; the octal radix is 8; the decimal radix is 10; the hexadecimal radix is 16.

master!slave communication

Automation; Industrial automation

1) A form of communication in which one station has master status, which allows it to initiate communication with any other station on the link; while each of the other stations ...