fly-by-wire
adjective [only before noun] informalDefinition
› fly-by-wire technology uses computers to control planes: One of the aims of fly-by-wire controls is to make an aircraft safe in an emergency.
(Definition of fly-by-wire adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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