Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns.
Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.
Having one or more finite-state automata.
A car with automatic transmission.
A semi-automatic pistol.
Able to control itself.
Of an organization, establishing standards for itself rather than having them legislated for it by government.