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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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palette
Automation; Industrial automation
In paint programs, a collection of drawing tools, such as geometric shapes, patterns, colors, brush shapes, and line widths, from which the user can choose.
engineering units
Automation; Industrial automation
Units of measurement (such as pounds, pounds per square inch, degrees Celsius) relative to the process. An input signal is often a percentage of the full-scale range (such as ±5 ...
dc input module
Automation; Industrial automation
An I/O module that contains circuits that convert dc signals from a machine/process switching device to backplane logic level dc signals. By implication, they are direct digital ...
surge-suppression
Automation; Industrial automation
The process of absorbing and clipping voltage transients on an incoming ac line or control circuit. MOVs (Metal-Oxide Varistors) and specially designed R-C networks are usually ...
offset error
Automation; Industrial automation
1) For A/D conversion, the digital value generated by a zero analog signal. 2) For D/A conversion, the digital value that generates a zero analog signal.
hot backup
Automation; Industrial automation
A programmable controller system configuration consisting of a primary and a backup (secondary) processor. If the primary processor fails, the backup processor takes over ...
