Industrial automation

Industrial automation

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Token passing

Automation; Industrial automation

A media-access method for providing peer-to-peer communication between nodes of a bus. The nodes form a logical ring. The token is passed around the ring to each node on a regular schedule, thereby ...

Desktop

Automation; Industrial automation

An on-screen work area that uses icons and menus to simulate the top of a desk. Its intent is to make software easier to use by enabling the user to move pictures of objects and start tasks in much ...

Acceleration

Automation; Industrial automation

The rate of change of velocity. Negative acceleration is usually described as deceleration.

PrintedScircuit board (PC board)

Automation; Industrial automation

A board (card) made up of a non-conductive layer sandwiched by conductive layers that are etched to form circuit connexions between connexion points where components can be mounted.

Executive (software)

Automation; Industrial automation

1) Reliance-development software used to create application programs. 2) In a numerical control system, software that controls execution of the application programs. (See operating system.)

Link-level reply

Automation; Industrial automation

A reply message that is immediate because the message data is available at the link level.

Variable data

Automation; Industrial automation

Numerical information that can be changed during application operation. It includes timer and counter accumulated values, thumbwheel settings, and arithmetic results.