DeCS

Descriptor English:

Automation

Descriptor Spanish:

Automatización

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	automatización
Entry term(s)	mecanización
Scope note:	Operación controlada de un aparato, proceso o sistema por dispositivos mecánicos o electrónicos que ocupan el lugar de los órganos humanos en la observación, la realización del esfuerzo y la toma de decisiones. (Traducción libre del original: Websters Collegiate Dictionary, 1993)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Automação

Descriptor French:

Automatisation

Tree number(s):

J01.897.104

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001331

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)

Annotation:

for automation as a concept in technol: not for "automated" equipment or "automated" processes & techniques ( = specific technique without AUTOMATION unless especially discussed)

Allowable Qualifiers:

CL classification
EC économie
ES éthique
HI histoire
IS instrumentation
LJ législation et jurisprudence
MT méthodes
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes

DeCS ID:

1337

Unique ID:

D001331

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2004/07/13