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Self-service is the practice of serving oneself, usually when making purchases. Aside from Automated Teller Machines , which are not limited to banks, and customer-operated supermarket check-out, [2] labor-saving which has been described as self-sourcing , there is the latter's subset, selfsourcing and a related pair: End-user development and ...
Self-service technologies (SSTs) are technological interfaces allowing customers to produce services independent of involvement of direct service employee. Self service technologies are replacing many face-to-face service interactions with the intention to make service transactions more accurate, convenient and faster.
A self-service checkout at a Tesco store in Poland; a barcode scanner is in the glass below the display screen; below this is a flat metal plate on which produce may be weighed; a bank card PIN pad is to the right of the display screen; and to the right is the bagging area. In self-checkout systems, the customer is typically required to:
Cloud computing [1] is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage ( cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. [2] Large clouds often have functions distributed over multiple locations, each of which is a data center.
Self-heating cans have dual chambers, one surrounding the other. In one version, the inner chamber holds the food or drink, and the outer chamber houses chemicals which undergo an exothermic reaction when combined. When the user wants to heat the contents of the can, a ring on the can—when pulled—breaks the barrier which keeps the chemicals ...
Self-driving cars are speculated to worsen air pollution, noise pollution, and sedentary lifestyles, [3] to increase productivity and housing affordability, reclaim land used for parking, [5] cause greater energy use, traffic congestion and sprawl. [5] The impact of self-driving cars on absolute levels of individual car use is not yet clear ...
Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge for achieving practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. [1] The word technology can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, [2] [3] including both tangible tools such as utensils or machines, and intangible ones such as software.
Self-monitoring is defined as a personality trait that refers to an ability to regulate behavior to accommodate social situations. People concerned with their expressive self-presentation (see impression management) tend to closely monitor their audience in order to ensure appropriate or desired public appearances. [3]