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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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programmable controller
Automation; Industrial automation
A solid-state control system that has a user-programmable memory for storage of instructions to implement specific functions such as I/O control, logic, timing, counting, report ...
stiffness
Automation; Industrial automation
The ability of a device to resist deviation due to load change.
microprocessor
Automation; Industrial automation
A central processing unit that is manufactured on a single integrated circuit (or on only a few integrated circuits) by utilizing large-scale integration technology.
common-mode rejection
Automation; Industrial automation
The ability of a differential analog input to cancel a common-mode signal, expressed in dB.
check-sum character
Automation; Industrial automation
A character placed at the end of a data block that corresponds to the binary sum of all characters in that block. Used for error detection.
silicon controlled rectifier (SCR)
Automation; Industrial automation
A solid-state uni-directional latching switch.
