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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C-face (motor mounting)

Automation; Industrial automation

This type of motor mounting is used to close-couple pumps and similar applications where the mounting holes in the face are threaded to receive bolts from the pump. Normally ...

port V

Automation; Industrial automation

To convert software into a different form for use in an environment different from that for which it was originally generated.

monitor V

Automation; Industrial automation

To observe.

breakpoint

Automation; Industrial automation

A location in a program at which execution is halted during debugging so that a programmer can examine information such as the program’s status and the contents of variables.