By-wire
By-wire refers to technologies in which something is controlled electronically or electro-mechanically, rather than mechanically, as well as analogously to some other electronics-driven technologies. Instances include:
- Drive by wire, in automotive contexts
- Brake-by-wire, concerning brakes
- Park by wire, concerning engagement of the parking pawl
- Shift-by-wire, concerning automatic transmissions
- Fly-by-wire, in aviation contexts
- Power-by-wire, concerning the powering of aircraft's flight control
- Managing by wire, management relying on computer-generated information
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