The idea was that office automation would make paper redundant for routine tasks such as record-keeping and bookkeeping, and it came to prominence with the introduction of the personal computer.
en.wikipedia.org Circa 1970 it began to be feasible to apply electronic computers to office automation tasks.
en.wikipedia.org Thin film coatings, components, and assemblies used to manage light for displays, instrumentation, office automation, and aerospace/defense.
en.wikipedia.org Examples of domains might include a workstation environment, an embedded process control environment, a distributed environment, a transaction processing environment, or an office automation environment, to name a few.
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