a reconfigurable automatic tasking system . a host system is capable of executing interactively initiated operations or tasks . a device is provided for executing a program having an interfacing program loaded therein . the interfacing program is adapted to define and to execute a task repeatedly . an interface is connected to the host system and to the device for executing a program that issues commands to and receives data from the host . an independent program is connected to the task that is defined by the interfacing program . this independent program adds generality to the interfacing program after the task has been defined .