Automagical

Quick meaning: Automagical is an adjective meaning (computing, technology, informal) Automatic, but with an apparent element of magic. Commonly referring to complex technical processes hidden from the view of users or operators, resulting in technology that "just works".

Meaning

(computing, technology, informal) Automatic, but with an apparent element of magic. Commonly referring to complex technical processes hidden from the view of users or operators, resulting in technology that "just works".

Example Sentences

"How're we paying you, actually?" I asked. "Certain automagical manipulations."

It is hoped that, over time, new e-mail list management tools will become available for users which can "automagically" determine who and how to do these…

Throughout this text we will emphasize the employment of a systems approach to the practice of analysis and design. In it we attempt to present this portion of the software lifecycle as a discipline rather than an "automagical" (automated magic) process.

In the more florid cases, where the diagnosis is unmistakeable, several anatomical studies (especially with automagical computerized devices, such as positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging) have shown clear though subtle differences in the brains of schizophrenic patients…

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Related dictionary entries include computeristic, automated, auto-generated, magic, botlike, user-friendly.

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