This field of [[computercomputing technology]] is a branch of [[Computer Science#Applied computer science|applied computer science]] which covers the whole of the techniques of design and of [[programming]] of [[Computer system|computerized systems]] which are not [[computer]]s ([[programmable logic controller]]s, [[Automation|automated systems]], [[intelligent instrument]]s, etc.). The products concerned contain at least one [[microprocessor]] or one [[microphone-controller]], as well as couplers (component of input-output).
Another current definition is that industrial data processing gathers those [[Computer program|programs]] whose variables represent [[Physics|physical]] quantities like, for example, the [[temperature]] of a tank or the position of a [[Robotics|robotic]] arm.
