Automatic summarization — is the creation of a shortened version of a text by a computer program. The product of this procedure still contains the most important points of the original text. The phenomenon of information overload has meant that access to coherent and… … Wikipedia
Automatic gain control — (AGC) is an adaptive system found in many electronic devices. The average output signal level is fed back to adjust the gain to an appropriate level for a range of input signal levels. For example, without AGC the sound emitted from an AM radio… … Wikipedia
Automatic Train Protection — (ATP) in Great Britain refers to either of two implementations of a train protection system installed in some trains in order to help prevent collisions through a driver s failure to observe a signal or speed restriction. Note that ATP can also… … Wikipedia
Automatic behavior — Automatic behavior, from the Greek automatos or self acting, is the spontaneous production of often purposeless verbal or motor behavior without conscious self control or self censorship. This condition can be observed in a variety of contexts,… … Wikipedia
Automatic distillation of structure — (ADIOS) is an algorithm that can analyse source material such as text and come up with meaningful information about the generative structures that gave rise to the source. One application of the algorithm is grammar induction: ADIOS can read a… … Wikipedia
Automatic number plate recognition — The system must be able to deal with different styles of license plates … Wikipedia
Automatic calculation of particle interaction or decay — The automatic calculation of particle interaction or decay is part of the computational particle physics branch. It refers to computing tools that help calculating the complex particle interactions as studied in high energy physics, astroparticle … Wikipedia
Help authoring tool — A Help Authoring Tool or HAT is a software program used by technical writers to create online help manuals. Functions The basic functions of Help Authoring Tools can be divided into the following categories: File input HATs obtain their source… … Wikipedia
Automatic transmission — An automatic transmission (commonly AT or Auto ) is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually. Similar but larger devices are also used for heavy… … Wikipedia
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Automatic watch — An automatic or self winding watch is a mechanical watch, whose mainspring is wound automatically by the natural motion of the wearer s arm, to make it unnecessary to manually wind the watch. Most mechanical watches sold today are self winding.… … Wikipedia