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• In politics, a self-governing city or region, e.g. Kurdistan, Kosovo or Hong Kong SAR (not necessarily as a result of formal secession), is autonomous. True autonomy is usually a pre-requisite to separation or secession, however, but autonomy does not necessarily lead to separation. Autonomy is not independence.

• In Eastern Christianity, autonomy is the status of a hierarchical church whose head bishop is appointed by a higher-ranking bishop, often a patriarch, who has no other authority over the autonomous church. This status is one step short of autocephaly.

• In computing, a peripheral that can be used with the computer turned off (for example, a multifunction printer/copier/fax machine that can still copy and fax without the computer being turned on), is autonomous.

• A company and its computer software package, which performs pattern recognition with a BayesianBayesian refers to probability and statistics methods associated with the Reverend Thomas Bayes (c. 1702-1761) and Bayes' theorem on conditional probability. The development has taken place after his death, and includes: Bayesian probability Bayesian infe algorithm, used by e.g. governments and intelligence agencies; see Autonomy (software)Autonomy is a corporation selling software under the same name. The software is a pattern recognition tool that sorts and structures large amounts of unstructured data, utilizing a 18th century old mathematical theorem by Thomas Bayes. This software is us.

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• Science and technology
  • MultifunctionalAn MFP M ulti F unction P rinter P roduct multifuctional all-in-one or mopier is an office machine that includes the following functionality in one physical body, so as to have a smaller footprint in a small business or home setting (the SoHo market segme
  • Autonomous robotAutonomous robots are robots which can perform desired tasks in unstructured environments without continuous human guidance. Unlike the earliest versions of factory robots they must negotiate environments which are changeable, full of obstacles and possib
  • Autonomous system (Internet)In the Internet, an autonomous system (AS is a collection of IP networks under control of a single entity, typically an Internet service provider or a very large organisation with redundant connections to the rest of the Internet, that adhere to a single
  • Autonomous system (mathematics)In differential equations, an autonomous system is an equation of the form : where x takes values in n dimensional Euclidean space and t is usually time. It is distinguished from systems of differential equations of the form : in which the law governing t
  • Autonomous buildingAn autonomous building is a building designed to have very little to no networked services. Most modern buildings use electric power, telephone, water, sewerage, storm drain and road services. Functionally, autonomous buildings use native resources to rep
• Territories and organizations
  • Autonomous communities of SpainSpain's fifty provinces provincias are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities comunidades autonomas , in addition to two African autonomous cities ciudades autonomas ( Ceuta and Melilla). Formation and Powers Centralism, nationalism and separatism
  • Autonomous region
  • Urban autonomy
  • Jewish Autonomous Republic
  • Autonomous Orthodox church