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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receiver (RCVR)

Automation; Industrial automation

Receives data, then translates it into a meaningful form for the user.

digital gage

Automation; Industrial automation

1) A measuring device/instrument that indicates the measurement result via digital signal. 2) Contrasted with analog gage

trapezoidal profile

Automation; Industrial automation

A motion profile in which the velocity-vs-time profile resembles a trapezoid. Characterized by constant acceleration, constant velocity, and constant deceleration.

modular

Automation; Industrial automation

Being made up of smaller units, or modules, each of which can be developed, tested, and finished independently before being combined with the others in the modular unit. ...

link turnaround time

Automation; Industrial automation

The time between the end of a frame transmitted by one station to the start of the next frame transmitted by another station, as referenced by the signals on the bus. For example, ...

nest

Automation; Industrial automation

1) To embed a subroutine or block of data into a larger routine or block of data. 2) On a ladder logic rung, to have one branch begin or end within another branch.