Industrial Process Manager common terminology

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated January 30, 2025
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    • Before getting started with the Industrial Process Manager, let's look at some common terminology and acronyms that are used in this content.

    Table 1. Common terminology and acronyms
    Term Acronym Definition
    Operational Technology OT
    Technology that is used for industrial automation to control physical processes.
    Note:
    Operational Technology is not the Internet of Things (IoT).
    International Society of Automation ISA Organization that publishes the standards for industrial enterprises, including the ISA-95 equipment model.
    Extract, Transform, Load ETL Common term that is used for taking data from a source system, transforming it, and then uploading it to a target system.