Industrial data processing

Industrial data processing is a branch of applied computer science that covers the whole area of design and programming of computerized systems which are not computers as such – often referred to as embedded systems (PLCss, automated systems, intelligent instruments, etc). The products concerned contain at least one microprocessor or microcontroller, as well as couplers (for ).

Another current definition of industrial data processing is that it concerns those computer programs whose variables in some way represent physical quantities; for example the temperature and pressure of a tank, the position of a robot arm, etc.