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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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master-control reset (MCR)
Automation; Industrial automation
A ladder logic instruction used to delimit MCR zones.
ac input module
Automation; Industrial automation
An I/O module that contains circuits that convert ac signals from machine/process switching devices to backplane logic level dc signals. By implication, they are direct digital ...
communication control character
Automation; Industrial automation
A function character intended to control or facilitate transmission over data networks.
acknowledgment (ACK)
Automation; Industrial automation
An ASCII control character used to acknowledge the reception and acceptance of a transmission block.
digital circuit
Automation; Industrial automation
1) A switching circuit that has only two states: on and off. 2) A circuit that provides a step function. 3) Contrasted with analog circuit
echo
Automation; Industrial automation
A portion of the transmitted signal returned to the source with sufficient magnitude and delay to cause interference.
