Centralised Control Systems Key Terminology

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control system

a device, or set of devices, that manages, commands, directs or regulates the behaviour of other devices or systems

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process control

the control of one or more variables in a system

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microprocessor

an integrated circuit that contains all the functions of a central processing unit of a computer

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sensor

a device which detects or measures a physical property and records, indicates, or otherwise responds to it (temperature, pressure, motion, light, and sound)

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actuators

devices that are used to control a process or system

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output transducers / actuators

devices that perform actions as directed by the microprocessor

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feedback

modification or control of a process or system by its results or effects

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social issue

a problem that influen

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ethical issue

a problem or situation that requires a person or organisation to choose between alternatives that must be evaluated as right or wrong

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