automático
off-hand [offhand] ; automatic ; mindless ; electrically-operated ; unthinking ; knee-jerk ; unmanned ; power-assisted.
They suggest that instead of undergoing off-hand destruction, ephemera be considered a necessary part of a comprehensive archival collection.
The superintendent stated that this was an area she herself was anxious to investigate, because for all practical purposes salary increases were automatic and equal 'across-the-board'.
This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
Attention has also been given to the needs of handicapped users by the provision of electrically-operated doors, invalid toilets and computer terminals with braille keyboards.
The author outlines arguments against the unthinking application of new technologies.
This publication reviews works on educational reform that represent attempts to do more than merely respond in knee-jerk fashion to political pressure for reform.
The 'strategic computing' plan announced by the United States in early 1984 envisages, among others, the use of intelligent robots (for example, to serve as ammunition loaders in tanks, or in unmanned reconnaissance and manipulating devices).
There are power-assisted doors at each entrance of the hall.
cajero automático
automatic teller machine (ATM)
cash point machine
cash point
cash machine
cash dispenser
teller machine
The application of automatic teller machines (ATMs) by the banking industry is examined as a typical example of information technology investment in the financial services sector.
Cash point machines which accept all major credit cards can be found all over the city.
The worst case scenario suggests that library and information services may be replaced by electronic information points analogous to the electronic cash points installed at banks.
Stolen 4WD vehicles are being used by a criminal group in ram-raids targeting cash machines at service stations and shopping centres.
This article discusses security problems associated with payments between banks, and cash dispensers.
Initially, such automated terminals ('teller machines') were installed in the banks themselves, enabling people to draw cash by means of a debit card.
clasificación automática
automatic classification
Work on automatic classification should not be overlooked, although a brief mention only is permitted.
contestador automático
answering machine
answerphone
automatic answering machine
Answering machines, baby monitors, golf clubs, and toasters were used for testing consumers' shopping habits.
I left a message on the landlord's answerphone, but he's such a slack bastard I'd better try harder to hunt him down.
Dictating machines and automatic answering machines are also widely used aids in offices.
corrección automática
machine-editing
The changeover has resulted in more rapid machine-editing of input and reduced costs for cataloguing.
cuña automática
mechanical quoin
When a book was to be printed from type the pages were locked up in the composing room, usually with wooden furniture and quoins although metal furniture and mechanical quoins were used increasingly from the mid century.
de carga automática
self-loading
It is one of only a handful of hay trailers on the market that is self-loading as well as self-unloading.
dispositivo de desconexión automática transcurrido un tiempo determinado
time out mechanism
This utility provides context sensitive help and special options for library use including a time out mechanism and variable limits on records to be printed or downloaded by patrons.
enfoque automático
autofocus
I had the camera on autofocus and the lights shining into it took it out of focus.
indización automática [Representación del contenido de un documento por selección automática de palabras o términos extraídos del texto, o por asignación automática de términos extraídos de un lenguaje documental]
automatic indexing
Automatic indexing consist in the representation of the content of a document by automated selection of words or terms from its text or by automatic assignment of terms from a documentary language.
marcador automático
auto-dialler
The interface usually includes a control keyboard, a modem, and an auto-dialler (for calling the data-base computer and identifying the calling terminal at the press of a button).
piloto automático
automatic pilot
We could think of this as disconnecting the automatic pilot and going on to manual.
proceso automático
automatic process
Composition, in any case, was a largely automatic process.
puerta automática
automatic door
The library should provide facilites for disabled people, including special toilets, access ramps and automatic doors.
puerta corredera automática
automatic sliding door
The library has installed handrails to guide blind patrons to automatic sliding doors.
recuperación automática
automated retrieval
This article discusses the possibilities of using these features in automated retrieval and draws attention to places where UDC falls short.
transmisión automática
automatic transmission
Chapter 10 covers the following: changing oil filter; checking automatic transmission fluid; replacing fan belt; and replacing headlight.
