autoaway
See also: auto-away
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]autoaway (uncountable)
- (computing) An instant messaging feature that automatically marks a user as being away if the user does not interact with the computer or device in a set period of time.
- 2004, Paul Mutton, IRC Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools, page 382:
- You should notice that the whole session is reproduced, and nobody ever noticed you were away (unless you enabled the autoaway module).
- 2014, Josh Datko, BeagleBone for Secret Agents:
- Also, ERC, like Emacs, is extremely modular and flexible. It is, of course, a free software program, but there are also many existing modules from nick highlighting to autoaway that you can use.