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automation

control systems using technology such that a process or procedure is performed with minimal human assistance
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automation

Summary

automation is an academic discipline[1]. automation ranks in the top 2% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,887 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • automation's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[3].
  • automation's instance of is recorded as industry[4].
  • automation's instance of is recorded as technology[5].
  • automation is a type of activity[6].
  • automation is a type of process[7].
  • automation is a type of information and communications technology[8].
  • automation's Commons category is recorded as Automation[9].
  • automation's said to be the same as is recorded as automation[10].
  • automation is the opposite of manual operation[11].
  • automation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Automation[12].
  • automation's topic's main category is recorded as Q9421745[13].
  • automation's Commons gallery is recorded as Automation[14].
  • automation's described by source is recorded as Pax Leksikon[15].
  • automation's topic has template is recorded as Template:Automation[16].
  • automation's has effect is recorded as technological unemployment[17].
  • automation's different from is recorded as automated machine[18].
  • automation's different from is recorded as autonomic computing[19].
  • automation's different from is recorded as automatization[20].
  • automation's is the study of is recorded as process[21].
  • automation's studied by is recorded as automation engineering[22].
  • automation's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
  • automation's Wikimedia outline is recorded as outline of automation[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include academic discipline[3], industry[4], and technology[5]. Recorded subclass of include activity[6], process[7], and information and communications technology[8]. automation is the opposite of manual operation[11].

Influence

Things named for automation include autonomation[25], in Japan[26].

Why It Matters

automation ranks in the top 2% of academic_discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,887 views/month).[2] automation has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] automation is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for automation include autonomation[25], in Japan[26].

Related Entities

Abiodun Musa Aibinu AI-powered infrastructure Ajay Kumar Alessandro De Luca Anne Kaun Antonella Ferrara AppleScript autonomic computing Aydin Azizi blcks AI Branislav Lacko BUDEX CallMiner Changyun Wen ChatBot Dieter Bochmann digital-to-analog converter Fabio Iapaolo Fabio Ruggiero FUBYTE FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik Hammerspoon Hasmat Malik HubSpot infrastructure intelligence Ivo Špička Jacob Rubinovitz JavaScript for Automation KineticAI KiXtart

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . INAPP Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Automation
    Instance of → academic discipline, industry, technology
    Said to be the same as → automation
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11477, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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