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Re: Technical meaning for autonomous?

Subject: Re: Technical meaning for autonomous?
From: "Diane Evans" <diane_evans -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:04:15 -0800

Does anyone use the word "autonomous" in any computer-related sense?

According to Atomica (a wonderful little program I couldn't live without), this word has Greek origins, Auto + nomos (law). So, it literally means self-lawed or self-governed. It's definition is: "Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent: an autonomous judiciary; an autonomous division of a corporate conglomerate."

Would I ever use this to describe a computing process? Not likely. No computer runs by itself without someone at least telling it to start.

Diane Evans
Technical Writer

Washington State Coordinator, Tombstone Project
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Oregon State Coordinator, Tombstone Project
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