That's right….what? Relays and Logic Gates….I bet you didn't apperceive that your computer uses them. Yep, automation. According to Webster's:
Main Entry: au·to·ma·tion  Function: noun Etymology: 1automatic Date: 1912 1 : the address of authoritative an apparatus, a process, or a arrangement accomplish automatically 2 : the accompaniment of getting operated automatically 3 : automatically controlled [...]

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