Automatic Counting Devices -- See Digital counters Here are entered works on mechanical, electromechanical or electronic discrete-state counting devices operating on any given number base, consisting of any combination of sensing, accumulating and readout elements, and being used as components in meters, automata and control systems. Works on manual or other counters for arithmetic processes are entered under the specific name, e.g. Abacus, or under the subject, Mathematical instruments. Works on devices which detect and measure radiation are entered under Nuclear counters or the specific name, e.g. Scintillation counters.
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Automatic Data Collection Systems -- See Also the narrower term Data reduction
--subdivision Data processing under names of individual corporate bodies and under topical headings, e.g. Business--Data processing; Science--Data processing
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Automatic Data Processors -- See Computers Here are entered works on modern electronic computers first developed after 1945. Works on present-day calculators, as well as on calculators and mechanical computers of pre-1945 vintage, are entered under Calculators. --headings beginning with the word Computer
Automatic Drafting -- See Computer graphics Here are entered works on the technique for producing line drawings, including particularly engineering drawings, by use of current digital computing and plotting equipment. Works on the use of computer graphics to create artistic designs are entered under Computer drawing.
--subdivision Automation under names of individual corporate bodies and under types of industries, factories, processes, systems, and organizations, e.g. Construction industry--Automation; and subdivision Effect of automation on under occupational groups and types of employees
Automatic Language Processing -- See Computational linguistics Here are entered works on the applications of computers in processing and analyzing language. Works on the computer processing of natural language for the purpose of enabling humans to interact with computers in natural language are entered under Natural language processing (Computer science).
