automate - Definition from the COMPUTERS topic - TECHNOLOGY

Topic: COMPUTERS

Date:	1900-2000
Origin:	automation

automate
verb

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[transitive]

TD to start using computers and machines to do a job, rather than people:

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Cash machines automate two basic functions of a bank - deposits and withdrawals.

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