Autonomy

Autonomy is the condition of something that does not depend on anything else.

• In politics, a self-governing city or region, e.g. Kurdistan, Kosovo or Hong Kong SAR (not necessarily as a result of formal secession), is autonomous. True autonomy is usually a pre-requisite to separation or secession, however, but autonomy does not necessarily lead to separation. Autonomy is not independence.
• In Eastern Christianity, autonomy is the status of a hierarchical church whose head bishop is appointed by a higher-ranking bishop, often a patriarch, who has no other authority over the autonomous church. This status is one step short of autocephaly.
• In computing, the peripheral that can be used with the computer turned off (like multifunctionals, to copy and fax), is autonomous.
• A computer software used by e.g. Governments and Intelligences, see Autonomy (software).

See also

\n* Science and technology\n**Multifunctional \n**Autonomous robot \n**Autonomous system (Internet)\n**Autonomous system (mathematics)\n**Autonomous building\n* Territories and organizations\n**Autonomous communities of Spain\n**Autonomous region\n**Urban autonomy\n**Jewish Autonomous Republic\n**Autonomous Orthodox church \n\n\n\n