Concept information
Preferred term
Automation
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Note
- for automation as a concept in technol: not for "automated" equipment or "automated" processes & techniques ( = specific technique without AUTOMATION unless especially discussed)
Scope note
- Controlled operation of an apparatus, process, or system by mechanical or electronic devices that take the place of human organs of observation, effort, and decision. (From Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 1993)
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001331
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