The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.

Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Azerbaijan SSR from 1923 to 1929.

Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR (1922-1936).

Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR established in 1943.

Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR established in 1922 and renamed to Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast in 1948.

Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR established on August 24, 1922 and existing until July 3, 1991, when it was elevated to the status of a republic and renamed Republic of Adygea.

Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR from 1924 to 1934.

Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR established in June 1920.

Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union in the Russian SFSR established in January 1944.

One of the administrative divisions of the former Soviet Union created for certain “smaller” nations and characterized by following features: they were given an autonomy within a union republic or, in the RSFSR, within a krai; had a status lower than an autonomous republic; had a different titular nation from that of their union republic/krai. Abbreviated as AO.