In the context of engineering, automation is when a device or a machine is changed in such a way that it can fulfill the task it was designed for without...

An automatic firearm is a firearm which will keep firing as long as the trigger is being pulled and there is still ammunition in the magazine. An automatic...

Automatic train operation (ATO) ensures partial or complete automatic train piloting and driverless functions. This short article about transport can...

are loaded into the chamber automatically. However, most automatic rifles are designed to give both semi- and fully automatic fire. This is called selective...

Automatic indexing is indexing made by algorithmic procedures. The algorithm works on a database containing document representations (which may be full...

Wiktionary has a definition for: semi-automatic. Semi-automatic may mean: A semi-automatic firearm, a firearm which automatically reloads, but will only fire one...

The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) was a group of American automatic rifles and light machine guns. It was used by the United States and several other...

A semi-automatic shotgun is a kind of gun. It fires one shotgun shell every time the trigger is pulled. Most shotguns, such as pump-action shotguns, lever...

automatic weapon (SAW, also known as section automatic weapon or light support weapon) is a weapon used to give infantry squads or sections automatic...

A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, without the need manually to operate a bolt, lever...

Automatic behaviour is the name for a set of actions that occur (or that continue to occur), without conscious thought. Usually, they are guided by a...

An automatic door, also known as an auto door, is a door that opens on its own, without needing a human to push or pull it open. A person can be detected...

A semi-automatic, or self-loading firearm is a gun that requires only a trigger pull for each round that is fired, unlike a single-action revolver, a...

Automatic writing, also called psychography, is a claimed psychic ability which helps a person to write written words without actively writing. By holding...

and sometimes more gears. There is also a reverse gear and neutral. An automatic transmission shifts between gears by itself (except reverse gear, and...

made because a lot of the squadrons of the U.S. Army did not have fully automatic weapons. It has seen action in every war that the United States has been...

Automatic for the People is the eighth studio album by alternative rock band R.E.M. and was released on 5 October, 1992 through Warner Bros. Records....

rifles are semi-automatics, where a bullet is loaded (automatically) and fired each time the trigger is pulled. Some are fully automatic, which work like...

Automatic sprinklers or irrigators are one method of putting out a fire. They are usually part of a fire system based on a water reservoir for the supply...

"Automatic" is a 1983 song by The Pointer Sisters. It was taken from their 10th studio album Break Out. It went to number 5 in the United States, number...

cycles before completing Washing machines may be fully automatic or partly automatic. Semi-automatic washing machines have separate sections for washing...

In a semi-automatic firearm, the weapon can fire a bullet each time the trigger is pulled (until the magazine is empty). A semi-automatic firearm can...

are semi-automatic, so each time the trigger is pulled, one shot is fired without any need to use a pump or a lever. These are semi-automatic shotguns...

Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) was an early British computer. It was made by Maurice Wilkes and his team at the University of Cambridge...

bullets ready to fire. This is called automatic fire. A more general name for this type of weapon is an automatic weapon. Machine guns fire bullets delivered...

semi automatic and fully automatic fire. The M16A2 can shoot semi automatic and three-round-burst fire. The M4A1 Carbine retains full automatic and semi...

cartridge is ejected. For that reason pistols are sometimes called "semi-automatic". When the magazine runs out of cartridges, it can be reloaded by inserting...

Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a way for a ship to send data by radio to tell other ships its position. AIS was made to avoid ships colliding...

A semi or fully automatic firearm is said to fire from an open bolt if, when ready to fire, the bolt and working parts are held to the rear. When the...

the next shot, and semi-automatic ("semi-auto") rifles which fire a single shot each time the trigger is pulled, and automatically ready the next shot for...

experiments were made by converting pistols from semi to fully automatic firearms. Automatic weapons with gunstock and firing pistol rounds were developed...

the Great Barrier Reef, in the country of Australia. Some islands have automatic weather stations or lighthouses on them. Willis Island is the only island...

used by only one soldier. Light machine guns are often used as squad automatic weapons. The caliber of cartridge that modern light machine guns fire...

typically a handgun-style firearm that can fire fully automatic or burst fire. Fully automatic means that the gun will continue to fire very rapidly so...

An assault rifle is a rifle that has a removable magazine, automatic-fire and semi-automatic modes, and uses intermediate cartridges. These cartridges...

pistol capable of both semi-automatic and fully automatic fire. In the up position, the selector switch provides semi-automatic fire, while in the down position...

EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) was one of the first electronic computers. Unlike the computer before it, the ENIAC, EDVAC operated...

much more slowly than semi-automatic or fully automatic weapons, the Lee-Enfield can fire almost as fast as a semi-automatic rifle if the shooter is well-trained...

the format of the release and the number sold. BPI certificates are not automatic; the record company must pay a fee to the BPI and they carry out an audit...

Amarok — KDE audio player Banshee — multi-platform audio player Beets — automatic CLI music tagger/organiser for Unix-like systems Clementine — multi-platform...

more important inventions include the airplane, the cash register, the automatic starter for automobiles, pop-top cans, the step ladder, the ice cube tray...

with no automatic interpretation, and What's Its Name (WIN), a less powerful search interface that delivers concise results, together with automatic (and...

for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. As the host team, Canada received an automatic bid, bringing the total number of teams to twenty-four for the tournament...

gestures. They may be done by actors deliberately, but normally they are automatic, unconscious signals which express various feelings or states of mind...

The Avtomat Fedorov was a Russian automatic rifle. It was designed by Vladimir Grigoryevich Fedorov in 1915. Around 3,200 of these rifles were produced...

NOAA Weather Radio or NWR is an automatic 24-hour weather radio network broadcasted in the United States. It plays weather information direct from a nearby...

lighthouse comes from the name of the island. Almost all lighthouses are automatic now. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lighthouses. This short article...

made so that computers could connect to other computers (on a network) automatically. To be able to access the Internet (or any computer network), an IP...

for rock climbing. Unlike many other securing devices, a Grigri is half-automatic. It works like a seat belt in a car. The rope can be slowly pulled through...

are: DVD - Digital Versatile Disc CD - Compact Disc ATM - Automated (or Automatic) Teller Machine BRB - Be Right Back NMHU - Not Much Here, You? GTG/G2G...