What Does 'Home/Away' Mean?

[ SLANG ][ SMART HOME ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]

FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: Machine Judgment CultureCLUSTER: Home Automation Judgment

The binary mode a smart-home system assigns to a household — occupied or empty — that silently governs which automations run, even when the real situation is more ambiguous.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"It's stuck on Away mode and I'm literally standing right here."

LORE & ORIGIN

Foundational smart-home state concept that most automation logic branches from, made visible as a topic once users started noticing how often the binary gets it wrong.

FIRST SEEN

2017

PEAK POPULARITY

2026 (Permission Machines)

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

中文 zh-CN在家/外出模式 →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Español es-ESno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →Français fr-FRno fixed local term →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↑ HIGH RISING FAST · MODERATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ SMART HOME ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]

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