This glossary can help learn the base words of the electrical and automation field. It defines 20 words that will help people understand more this department.
automation
noun
The technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum.
Example: Two main benefits of automation are that the reduction of direct labor cost and changeability of manufacturing system which mean the ability of automation is to make standard process flow and makes operation and output forecasting easily and accurately.
en: automatisation
automaton
noun
A relatively self-operating machine, or control mechanism designed to automatically follow a sequence of operations, or respond to predetermined instructions.
Example: The external world appeared to be an automaton, a clockwork mechanism that had been regulated once and for all.
en: automate
cable
noun
An insulated wire or wires having a protective casing and used for transmitting electricity or telecommunication signals.
Example: The modem is supplied with a power cable.
en: câble
circuit
noun
A closed path through which an electric current flows or may flow.
Example: Any attempts to cut through the cabling will break the electrical circuit.
en: circuit
communication
noun
Means of sending or receiving information, such as phone lines or computers.
Example: Hackers have infiltrated the communications network at the heart of global banking, stealing money for the second time in three months.
en: communication
computer
noun
An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
Example: My computer is frozen.
en: ordinateur
electric current
noun
Electric current refers to the flow of electricity in an electronic circuit, and to the amount of electricity flowing through a circuit.
Example: A stimulator delivers a very small electrical current that does not cause damage to the body.
en: courant électrique
electricity
noun
A form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles.
Example: The power from rivers was harnessed by the building of dams to control flow and direct it through turbines to generate electricity.
en: électricité
electronic
adjective
A device having or operating with the aid of many small components, especially microchips and transistors, that control and direct an electric current.
Example: Another's dog was seen by neighbors, Law said, and a third has electronic trackers on her cats that keep pinging from the burn zone.
en: électronique
energy
noun
Power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines.
Example: The government met the crisis by renewed energy in harbour works.
en: énergie
internet
noun
A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.
Example: The guide is also available on the internet.
en: internet
logic
noun
A system or set of principles underlying the arrangements of elements in a computer or electronic device so as to perform a specified task.
en: logique
network
noun
A group or system of interconnected people or things.
Example: He hooked up his computer to the network.
en: réseau
power
noun
Supply (a device) with mechanical or electrical energy.
Example: The car is powered by a fuel-injected 3.0-liter engine.
en: puissance
resistor
noun
A device having a designed resistance to the passage of an electric current.
Example: I think there's something wrong with the resistor.
en: résistance
signal
noun
An electrical impulse or radio wave transmitted or received.
Example: I made an equipment for receiving TV signals.
en: signal
software
noun
A set of instructions, data or programs used to operate computers and execute specific tasks.
Example: We make software that you download off the internet.
en: logiciel
system
noun
A set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network.
Example: A set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network.
en: système
technology
noun
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.
Example: We have the knowledge and the technology.
en: technologie
to program
verb
Provide (a computer or other machine) with coded instructions for the automatic performance of a task.
Example: It is a simple matter to program the computer to recognize such symbols.
