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> Robotic process automation is a type of business process automation that automates tasks within business and IT processes using scripts that mimic human interaction with application user interfaces.

For anyone else wondering what RPA means. Never heard that abbreviation before.

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In practice, it is screen-scraping on meth. Horrible stuff. I understand that it's the only option available for some systems, but any client who asks for RPA support when APIs exist for the same data ought to be fired, or at least given a very stern "No."

  > For anyone else wondering

Me! Thanks for the explanations!

That makes more sense than Rocket Propelled Automation that was my hallucination.

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