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  • 1point-and-shoot — adjective Designed for quick, simple use with minimal configuration. The majority of digital cameras are automatic, point and shoot models. They offer convenience and ease of use …

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  • 2Automatic seat belts — are seat belts that automatically close over riders in a car. History Automatic seat belts were created to increase safety regardless of user negligence because even when seat belts were available, people often forgot to, or chose not to, use… …

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  • 3Automatic label placement — (sometimes called text placement or name placement) refers to the computer methods of placing labels automatically on a map or chart. This is related to the typographic design of such labels. Maps communicate spatial information to the reader,… …

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  • 4Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast — (ADS B) is a cooperative surveillance technique for air traffic control and related applications. An ADS B out equipped aircraft determines its own position using a global navigation satellite system and periodically broadcasts this position and… …

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  • 5Automatic vehicle location — Automatic vehicle locating or AVL is a concept for determining the geographic location of a vehicle and transmitting this information to a point from where it was requested. Telelocating using location based services is a common term in the… …

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  • 6Automatic link establishment — Automatic Link Establishment, commonly known as ALE, is the worldwide de facto standard for digitally initiating and sustaining HF (High Frequency) radio communications.cite web|title=Frequency Agile Systems in the MF/HF Bands |author=Telecom… …

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  • 7Automatic Packet Reporting System — (APRS) is an amateur radio based system for real time tactical digital communications of information of immediate value in the local area. In addition, all such data is ingested into the APRS Internet system (APRS IS) and distributed globally for …

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  • 8Automatic Pilot — was a San Francisco, California band. Created in 1980 by members of the San Francisco Gay Men s Chorus, they were described by The Advocate as a non official offshoot of SFGMC along with three official subgroups. [Guthman, Edward: Merry… …

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  • 9automatic — adj 1 Automatic, spontaneous are not close synonyms but they agree in meaning brought into being or action by an internal as opposed to an external agency. Automatic was originally used to describe a thing that was self acting or self activated… …

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  • 10Automatic Equipment Identification — (AEI) is an electronic recognition system in use with the North American railroad industry. Consisting of passive tags mounted on each side of rolling stock, as well as active trackside readers, AEI utilizes RF technology to identify railroad… …

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