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A '''Manualmanual Overrideoverride''' is a procedure where an otherwise automatic system is taken under manual control, usually from [[computer]] control.

== Examples of Manualmanual Overridesoverrides in Fact ==

*Most [[safe]]s have manual overrides so instead of calling a locksmith to crack the safe (see [[safe-cracking]]), they can insert the manual override key and open it.

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*On [[United States|American]] [[Submarine]]s armed with [[nuclear weapon]]s it is rumoured that the captain has final choice on whether to 'go nuclear', as the access codes are stored in the [[Captain's Chest]] (but opening the chest triggers alarms and [[The Pentagon]] is informed) hence a manual, or human, intervention.

== Examples of Manualmanual Overridesoverrides in Fiction ==

As a plot device manual override is often used in [[Sci-Fi]] because of the usual prevelence of advanced technology. For example;