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Definition 1
General: Semi or fully automated device that magnifies human physical and/or mental capabilities in performing one or more operations.
Definition 2
Mechanics: Device that makes mechanical work easier by overcoming a resistance (load) at one end by application of effort (force) at the other end.
Definition 3
Systems: Purposefully organized set of components whose interconnections and inner workings are known or apparent. The behavior of a properly functioning machine is entirely predictable: its present state determines its next state, and the same inputs always yield the same outputs.
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machine is in the Industries, Manufacturing, & Technology and Systems & Methodologies subjects.
machine appears in the definitions of the following terms:
capital goods,
intellectual capital,
distributed file system,
real option,
rated life,
user interface,
manufacture,
mechanism,
hidden cost,
reliability
and
machine appears in these other terms:
machine bureaucracy,
machine language,
machine tool,
automatic teller machine (ATM),
virtual machine,
machine instruction,
man machine interface,
machine learning,
Java virtual machine (JVM),
automated banking machine (ABM)
and
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