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Autocomplete Interview
Autocomplete Interview is WIRED's YouTube celebrity series, begun March 2016, in which guests peel strips off a board and answer Google's most searched autocomplete questions about themselves; trademarked 2019, with Italian and podcast editions.
Autocorrelation
Autocorrelation, also called serial correlation, is the correlation of a variable with itself at different points in time, a defining feature of time-series data that makes standard statistical tests invalid.
Autocorrelator
An autocorrelator is an optical instrument that measures the duration of ultrashort femtosecond and picosecond laser pulses by overlapping a pulse with a delayed replica of itself.
Autocracy
Autocracy: rule by one person or a narrow group without accountability or peaceful replacement mechanisms; also called authoritarianism or dictatorship. Covers substantive versus residual definitions, V-Dem and EIU classifications, legitimation, repression, and co-optation, and recent global counts showing autocracy's population share rising.
Autocracy, Inc.
Autocracy, Inc. (2024) is Anne Applebaum's book arguing modern autocracies (China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela) form a deal-based network bound by power, wealth, and impunity, not ideology; Pulitzer-winning author, Doubleday, NYT bestseller, Women's Prize longlist.
AutoDAN
AutoDAN, short for Automatically generating DAN-series-like jailbreak prompts, is a method that uses a genetic algorithm to produce readable jailbreak prompts against safety-aligned large language models, introduced in October 2023.
Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc. is an American software company headquartered in San Francisco, best known for AutoCAD, the first CAD program for personal computers, released in 1982.
Autodesk 3ds Max
Autodesk 3ds Max (3D Studio MAX) is Autodesk's Windows-only 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software for games, arch-viz, and film, sold by subscription with Arnold rendering, CAT/Biped rigging, MaxScript, and a C++ SDK; current release 3ds Max 2026.
Autodesk CFD
Autodesk CFD is fluid flow and heat transfer simulation software sold by Autodesk, based on CFdesign technology acquired in 2011 and used for electronics cooling, HVAC design, and machinery.
Autodesk Inventor
Autodesk Inventor is a 3D mechanical computer-aided design application by Autodesk, begun in 1996, combining parametric, direct, freeform, and rules-based design with simulation and documentation tools.
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk Maya, also written Maya 3D, is a professional 3D animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering application first released by Alias|Wavefront in February 1998 as PowerAnimator's successor, now sold by Autodesk on subscription for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Autodesk Revit
Autodesk Revit, also known as Revit, is building information modeling (BIM) software from Autodesk in which architects, engineers, and construction firms design buildings from one shared model.
Autodidacticism
Autodidacticism, or self-directed learning, is self-education without a teacher or formal schooling. Covers its Greek etymology, word history from 1580, famous autodidacts like Lincoln and Franklin, criticisms, and research evidence.
AutoDock
AutoDock is an open-source molecular docking suite developed at Scripps Research since 1989 that predicts how drug candidates bind to receptors, including AutoDock 4, Vina, and AutoDock-GPU.
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez: permanent F1 circuit in Mexico City's Magdalena Mixhuca park, built 1959, named for Ricardo and Pedro Rodríguez; highest F1 track at about 2,285 m, hosting the Mexico City Grand Prix since 2015.
AutoDS Ltd.
AutoDS Ltd., short for Automatic Dropshipping System, is an Israeli software company that automates dropshipping for sellers on Shopify, eBay, and Amazon; Fiverr acquired it in 2024 for $55.658 million.
Autoencoder
An autoencoder, also called an autoassociator, is a neural network trained to reconstruct its own input, learning compressed codes used for dimensionality reduction and anomaly detection.
Autoeroticism
Autoeroticism, self-directed sexual arousal and gratification through masturbation, nongenital stimulation, or fantasy; term coined by Havelock Ellis (1898) and adopted by Freud in 1905; distinct from autosexuality, an orientation.
Autoerotique
Autoerotique is a Canadian electronic music duo formed in Toronto in 2009 by producers and DJs Keith Robertson and David Henderson, signed to Dim Mak Records.
Autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome
Autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome, also called Gardner-Diamond syndrome or psychogenic purpura, is a rare psychodermatologic disorder of painful bruising lesions after stress, mainly in women, treated with CBT and antidepressants.
Autoethnography
Autoethnography is a qualitative research method, first named in the 1970s, in which a researcher analyzes personal experience to describe and critique cultural beliefs, practices, and experiences.
AUTOEXEC.BAT
AUTOEXEC.BAT is a batch file of MS-DOS commands that runs automatically at startup from the root directory, setting paths and drivers; Windows NT kept only its environment variables.
Autofellatio
Autofellatio, oral stimulation of one's own penis, a rare form of autoeroticism. Feasibility depends on spinal flexibility and proportions, not rib removal; Kinsey estimated 0.2-0.3% of men could achieve it; ancient Egyptian Atum myths are the earliest records.
Autofiction
Autofiction is a form of fiction in which an author writes about their own life under their own name, a term coined by Serge Doubrovsky in 1977.
AutoFlight (峰飞航空)
AutoFlight (峰飞航空), or Shanghai Fengfei Aviation Technology, is a Shanghai eVTOL developer founded in 2017, building the certified CarryAll cargo aircraft and the five-seat Prosperity passenger aircraft.
Autoflowering cannabis
Autoflowering cannabis: day-neutral, photoperiod-insensitive Cannabis sativa, trait traced to ruderalis-type genetics; mapped loci Autoflower1 (recessive, chromosome 1), Autoflower2 (FT1 duplication), smaller plants and shorter cycles than photoperiod cultivars.
Autofluorescence lifetime imaging
Autofluorescence lifetime imaging is a label-free optical microscopy technique that measures how long a sample's own molecules fluoresce after light pulses, revealing tissue composition, environment, and metabolic state.
Autofocus
Autofocus (AF) is the camera system that automatically adjusts the lens so a chosen subject appears sharp, using passive contrast or phase detection and active infrared ranging.
Autoformalization
Autoformalization is the process of turning natural-language mathematical propositions into formal statements and proofs that proof assistants like Lean can verify, using large language models.
Autogas
Autogas, also known as propane autogas, is liquefied petroleum gas, mostly propane and butane, used as a fuel for internal combustion engine vehicles, with around 30 million vehicles on the road worldwide.