Autonomy

Autonomy (or autonomous), in political geography, can refer to:

• a autonomous territory, territory with special self-government capabilities outside the central government and with specific competences;
• Al Autonomous Departmenta political-administrative status in Bolivia;
• to one Autonomous community, the administrative-political division of Spain; two island communities (Baleares and Canary Islands) and 15 peninsulars belong to this denomination;
• to one Autonomous city, a political-administrative division of Spain; this denomination corresponds to the African cities of Ceuta and Melilla.

Also, in politics, it can refer to:

• to the University autonomyin many countries (such as Argentina, Austria, Ecuador, Spain, Guatemala and Mexico), the legal figure that guarantees universities a political-administrative independence of the central government;
• to the proletarian autonomy, a political-intellectual movement of Italy, of Marxist orientation.

Also, in psychology and philosophy, it can refer to:

• to the autonomythe ability of the human being to act independently in accordance with his own decisions;
• to the autonomyOne of Jean Piaget's concepts.

Also, in technology, you can refer to:

• to the autonomythe time that a device with an independent power supply can remain active, until the exhaustion of that source;
• a Autonomous robota robot that can operate without human control;
• Al scope or flight autonomy; the maximum route of an aircraft with the fuel it carries.