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Industrial technology, indexed.
Industrial automation · manufacturing · OT — updated 2026-09-23

OT

Hardware/software that monitors and controls physical processes.

Operational technology: the hardware and software that monitor and control physical processes — controllers, SCADA, field devices, and their networks. Contrasted with IT (business systems); the two increasingly converge.

See also: IT/OT convergence · IEC 62443 · SCADA

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