autoaway

See also: auto-away

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ away

Noun

autoaway (uncountable)

1. (computing) An instant messaging feature that automatically marks a user as being away if the user does not interact with the computer or device in a set period of time.
   • 2004, Paul Mutton, IRC Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools, page 382:

     You should notice that the whole session is reproduced, and nobody ever noticed you were away (unless you enabled the autoaway module).

   • 2014, Josh Datko, BeagleBone for Secret Agents:

     Also, ERC, like Emacs, is extremely modular and flexible. It is, of course, a free software program, but there are also many existing modules from nick highlighting to autoaway that you can use.