Definition of automagically
automagically 
adverb
- to happen automatically, in a way that appears almost magical.
When you close the laptop's lid, it will automagically go into hibernation mode.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: easy, simple.
- See more words with the same meaning: fast, quick, quickly.
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Allen G. on Dec 18 2000.
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- The New Oxford American Dictionary reports that the term dates to the 1940s, and is a blend of "automatically" and "magically".
Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Apr 17 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: video log, running series of short videos posted online. | |
| Definitions include: a tool that is very versatile but isn't easy to use. | |
| Definitions include: in a non-computing context, to search. | |
| Definitions include: on the web, for many sites to link to a particular website using a particular phrase, such that the particular website is the first result when searching for the phrase. | |
| Definitions include: shareware that uses guilt to encourage users to pay the "registration" cost. | |
| Definitions include: Replacement for the "s" suffix used to indicate plural nouns. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical condition that something depends on. | |
| Definitions include: marketing material. | |
| Definitions include: "LOL" with the O replaced with an E. | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical area that contains the underlying implementation of something - e.g. a piece of hardware, a piece of software, an idea, etc. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "good game." | |
| Definitions include: pirated commercial software. | |
| Definitions include: "I love you too". | |
| Definitions include: a type of shareware that interrupts use of the software to display a message asking the user to "register" the software (i.e. pay for it.) | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "frequently asked question(s)". | |
Other terms relating to 'easy, simple': | |
| Definitions include: something that's easy. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: an easy task. | |
| Definitions include: easy. | |
| Definitions include: of an entire task, the easy portions. | |
| Definitions include: being "a cinch", i.e. easy. | |
| Definitions include: very easy. | |
| Definitions include: interjection indicating something will be easy. | |
| Definitions include: very easy. | |
| Definitions include: easy or unchallenging. | |
| Definitions include: displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: a contraction for "give me". | |
Other terms relating to 'fast, quick, quickly': | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: to move very fast. | |
| Definitions include: to reach 100 MPH in a motor vehicle. | |
| Definitions include: at any moment; without persuasion | |
| Definitions include: extremely fast. | |
| Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: fast. | |
| Definitions include: "quickly". | |
| Definitions include: to make a process happen more quickly, often by skipping steps. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: to move quickly. | |
| Definitions include: to accelerate, especially in an automobile. | |
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| Definitions include: suspicious (of something.) | |
| Definitions include: to really annoy or upset. | |
| Definitions include: extremely angry; "very fed up". | |
| Definitions include: to joke, especially sarcastically. | |
| Definitions include: Went soft. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "face to face". | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: Civilian clothing. | |
| Definitions include: a friend. | |
| Definitions include: an instance of someone abusing their position of power. |
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