self-correcting — ˌself corˈrecting adjective formal ECONOMICS a self correcting system, activity etc will, when it is in a bad state, improve without anyone having to take action: • In the West, depressions are often cyclical and essentially self correcting. •… … Financial and business terms
self-correcting — self′ correct′ing adj … From formal English to slang
Self-stabilization — is a concept of fault tolerance in distributed computing. Distributed computing systems are challenging to debug and analyze. As a result, strong properties (properties that hold under a variety of circumstances) of such systems are especially… … Wikipedia
Self-advocacy — refers to the civil rights movement for people with developmental disabilities , also called cognitive or intellectual disabilities, and other disabilities. It is also an important term in the disability rights movement, referring to people with… … Wikipedia
Self-locking device — Self locking devices are devices intended to arrest the fall of solo climbers who climb without partners. This device is used for back rope solo climbing for ground up climbing or top rope self belaying . To date, several types of such self… … Wikipedia
Self-replication — is any process by which a thing might make a copy of itself. Biological cells, given suitable environments, reproduce by cell division. During cell division, DNA is replicated and can be transmitted to offspring during reproduction. Biological… … Wikipedia
Self-bondage — is the practice of sexual bondage on oneself, or the application of restraints to oneself for the purpose of sexual pleasure. Self bondage is characterised by experimentation and ingenuity and has differs from conventional bondage in that it: *… … Wikipedia
Self-steering gear — is equipment used on ships and boats to maintain a chosen course without constant human action. It is also known by several other terms, such as autopilot (borrowed from aircraft and considered incorrect by some) and autohelm (technically a… … Wikipedia
Self-medication — is the use of drugs, sometimes illicit, to treat a perceived or real malady, often of a psychological nature. Over the counter drugs are a form of self medication. The buyer diagnoses his/her own illness and buys a specific drug to treat it. The… … Wikipedia
self-healing — ˌself ˈhealing also ˌself reˈpairing adjective [only before a noun] COMPUTING a self healing computer or other electronic system is designed so that if the energy supply is interrupted, messages can still be received: • IBM has introduced self… … Financial and business terms
