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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automate.

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Examples

  • Windows and Linux only: Free bootable image creator UNetbootin automates the downloading, imaging, and installing of Linux distributions onto USB thumb drives, creating a persistent, boot-anywhere desktop.

    UNetbootin Creates USB-Bootable Linux the Easy Way | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • UsableLogin automates the second part of that equation — you type in a passcode, and it adds bits of cryptographic data to it for each site.

    Top 10 Up-and-Coming Products | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • The software now also automates the creation of photo books and makes them easy to customize.

    iLife 11 Features Unveiled At Apple Press Conference The Huffington Post 2010

  • That unknown trim blonde with an interest in wine and Jack Kerouac may be nothing more than an attractive front for a bit of script that automates Facebook friend requests by instructing a computer to search for all users with a certain characteristic -- the name "Katie," for example -- then directs it to connect with everyone who turns up in the search results.

    Do I Know You? Fake Friends Adding Fresh Danger To Facebook Bianca Bosker 2011

  • I-Pack automates the processes of erecting the corrugated shipping container (in this case, a tray), securing products within the tray after picking, and applying a lid to the tray for shipment.

    8 posts from February 2009 2009

  • As for an engineer, well, each day he sat (and still sits) and edits music down to: 30 second pieces for bumper music, then automates a playlist with all of his music and rejoiners using SoundByte on a MacBook Air, virtually automating the entire engineering of the show.

    Charles Karel Bouley: Talking Through the New Depression Charles Karel Bouley 2010

  • That unknown trim blonde with an interest in wine and Jack Kerouac may be nothing more than an attractive front for a bit of script that automates Facebook friend requests by instructing a computer to search for all users with a certain characteristic -- the name "Katie," for example -- then directs it to connect with everyone who turns up in the search results.

    Do I Know You? Fake Friends Adding Fresh Danger To Facebook Bianca Bosker 2011

  • That unknown trim blonde with an interest in wine and Jack Kerouac may be nothing more than an attractive front for a bit of script that automates Facebook friend requests by instructing a computer to search for all users with a certain characteristic -- the name "Katie," for example -- then directs it to connect with everyone who turns up in the search results.

    Do I Know You? Fake Friends Adding Fresh Danger To Facebook Bianca Bosker 2011

  • The Prefsearch extension automates Google searches for each setting.

    Thursday, July 30, 2009 | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • That unknown trim blonde with an interest in wine and Jack Kerouac may be nothing more than an attractive front for a bit of script that automates Facebook friend requests by instructing a computer to search for all users with a certain characteristic -- the name "Katie," for example -- then directs it to connect with everyone who turns up in the search results.

    Do I Know You? Fake Friends Adding Fresh Danger To Facebook Bianca Bosker 2011

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