infrastructure automation
compound.compound. using software and tools to manage and set up computer systems automatically instead of doing it by hand.
compound. the use of technology to manage, provision, and configure computing resources through code and scripts rather than manual intervention.
Infrastructure automation helps us set up new servers in minutes.
By adopting infrastructure automation, the IT department reduced the time spent on routine maintenance and eliminated human errors during deployment.
Modern cloud computing relies heavily on infrastructure automation to dynamically scale resources in response to fluctuating traffic demands without requiring constant oversight from system administrators.
A compound term formed from infrastructure, derived from the Latin prefix infra- (below) and structura (building), and automation, a back-formation from automatic. The pairing emerged as a linguistic extension of industrial automation applied to the management of digital systems.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Often used in technical contexts alongside terms like 'Infrastructure as Code' (IaC).
Last updated July 22, 2026