Automation
- Formal
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The use or introduction of automaticequipment in a manufacturing or other process or facility.
- Practical
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IT automation is the linking of disparate systems and software in such a way that they become self-acting or self-regulating. An example of IT automation in practice might be as simple as the integration of a form into a PDF that is automatically routed to the correct recipients, or as complex as automated provisioning of an offsite backup.
