<s>
Industrial	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
branch	O
of	O
applied	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
that	O
covers	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
design	O
and	O
programming	O
of	O
computerized	O
systems	O
which	O
are	O
not	O
computers	O
as	O
such	O
—	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
(	O
PLCs	O
,	O
automated	B-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
intelligent	O
instruments	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
products	O
concerned	O
contain	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
microprocessor	B-Architecture
or	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
couplers	O
(	O
for	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
current	O
definition	O
of	O
industrial	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
is	O
that	O
it	O
concerns	O
those	O
computer	B-Application
programs	I-Application
whose	O
variables	O
in	O
some	O
way	O
represent	O
physical	O
quantities	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
the	O
temperature	O
and	O
pressure	O
of	O
a	O
tank	O
,	O
the	O
position	O
of	O
a	O
robot	B-Algorithm
arm	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
