G L O S S A R Y
Some terms you may like to know:
- automation
- any process change that results in electronic control of a repetitive action, usually to improve accuracy, increase speed, provide greater safety or to free people for other activities
- bill validation
- a process that uses a device to visually determine if paper currency is authentic
- credit verification
- usually done while connected to a telephone line, this process determines if a credit card is valid as a purchase is being made
- custom
- any solution created that is specialized and does not involve off the shelf hardware or software
- embedded
- something contained within something else, like the embedded electronic controls within a microwave or car
- freestanding
- a device that is not (or is only occasionally) integrated with another system, but can stand on its own when necessary
- prototype
- the first working device made of a particular design
- real-time
- controls that need to make things happen at a particular time to function correctly
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