autorun

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noun

Any feature that runs a program, etc. automatically.

OriginEnglish run ← New Latin automaticus ← Classical Latin automatum →
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Meanings

nounautorun (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingAny feature that runs a program, etc. automatically.
verbautorun (third-person singular simple present autoruns, present participle autorunning, simple past autoran, past participle autorun)

present singular third person autoruns · participle present autorunning · past autoran

  1. transitivecomputingTo run (a program, etc.) automatically.

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  3. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  4. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  5. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  6. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  8. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  9. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  10. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  11. Classical Latinautomatum
  12. New Latinautomaticus
  13. Englishautomaticclip.
  14. Englishauto-
  15. Englishrun
  16. Englishautorun

From auto- + run.

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APA

autorun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autorun

MLA

“autorun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autorun. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autorun,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autorun.

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