Why are local variables also called "Automatic" in Java?

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Published on 2010-04-20T03:46:10Z Indexed on 2010/04/20 3:53 UTC
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I read this in Kathy Sierra's book:

"Local variables are sometimes called stack, temporary, automatic, or method variables, but the rules for these variables are the same regardless of what you call them."

Why are the local variables called automatic?

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