Autonomic personal computing A computing system is autonomic if it possesses at least one of four attributes: self-configuring, selfhealing, self-optimizing, and self-protecting. Autonomic personal computing exhibits and constrains these attributes in unique ways. Self-configuring. A system is self-configuring to the extent that it automates the installation and setup of its own software in a manner responsive to the needs of the platform, the user, the peer group, and the enterprise. Personal

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... omputing often involves user-initiated configuration change, and a self-configuring system understands the implications of these changes and accommodates them automatically.