the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum. a mechanical device, operated electronically, that functions automatically, without continuous input from an operator.
victim. n. 1. a person or thing that suffers harm, death, etc, from another or from some adverse act, circumstance, etc: victims of tyranny. 2. a person who is tricked or swindled; dupe. 3. a living person or animal sacrificed in a religious rite.
The target or targets is the new index (or heap) or a set of new indexes that is being created or rebuilt. User insert, update, and delete operations to the source are applied by the SQL Server Database Engine to the target during the index operation.