Glossary

An analog signal is any form of data transmission where the pneumatic, mechanical, or electrical energy signal varies continuously in direct proportion to the intensity of the physical quantity, property, or condition represented. This is typical of process Industries like Oil/Gas, Pharma, Food and Chem. Many sensors create analog signals. If required, conversion from analog to digital usually possible.

Short form of ‘Data Analytics’. Analytics means the use of data warehousing, data mining and online analytical processing to rapidly analyze large volumes of structured and unstructured data from multiple types of systems. Data analytics is used to interpret data and identify meaningful insights, trends, patterns, and information for example, relationships between production machine settings and the quality and quantity of output; or customer buying patterns by category.