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Industry 4.0 jargon buster

A-to-Z guide to Industry 4.0 buzzwords.

By CHRIS SPILLANE | 7/7/16, 5:58 AM CET | Updated 7/25/16, 3:13 PM CET

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Advanced manufacturing New industrial technologies that integrate software into

the manufacturing process. According to Gartner, advanced technology is still
immature but promises to deliver significant value or has some technical maturity but
still has relatively few users.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Also called machine intelligence. The capacity of

amachineto perceive its environment and make rational decisions based upon its
surroundings, displaying problem-solving capabilities similar to that of humans.It
wont solve everything. As Albert Einstein famously quipped, artificial intelligence is no
match for natural stupidity.

Big data A term so broad hardly anyone knows what it means. Used to describe the
collection and storage of hugequantities of data, big data is generallycharacterized by
a high quantity of the3Vs:volume, velocity, and variety.

Cloud computing Using a network of remoteservers to host your data on the

internet rather than on yourpersonal computer. The cloud is just a metaphor for the
internet, PCMag explains. It goes back to the days of flowcharts and presentations that
would represent the gigantic server-farm infrastructure of the internet as nothing but a
puffy, white cumulus cloud, accepting connections and doling out information as it
floats.

Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPSs) Pioneering industrial technology

that usessoftwareto cooperativelycontrol hardware, breaking with the traditional
automation pyramid, one scholar writes.

Digital natives Your teenager on her iPhone at the dinner table.Late tech adopters of
older generationsare affectionately termed digital immigrants.

Human-Machine Interface(HMI) Think of it as the control panel. HMI includes

any device or software that allows you to interact with a machine, according toReid
Beilke of Beckhoff Automation.

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CHRIS SPILLANE

Industry 4.0 The fourth industrial revolution, characterized by a range of new

technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, impacting all
disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenging ideas about what it means
to be human, asWorld Economic Forum founderKlaus Schwab puts it.

Internet of Things Thewide array of devices, applications, buildings and products

that will soon be seamlesslyconnectedbywireless technology. A thing, in the Internet
of Things, can be a person with a heart monitor implant, a farm animal with a biochip
transponder, an automobile that has built-in sensors to alert the driver when tire
pressure is low or any other natural or man-made object that can be assigned an IP
address, the TechTarget network explains.

Interoperability The capacity tocommunicate, adapt,and exchange data with other

machines and software.

M2M Machine to Machine communication. The term applies to both wireless and
wired operations,and describes the technology that undergirds the Internet of Things.

Platform A piece of software or technology upon which smaller software

applications can run. Your computers operating system is a platform upon which all of
its otherfunctions work.

Smart Anything Everywhere A European Commission initiative to help

researchers, industries and small-to-medium businesses work together and share
information and resources.

Smart Factory Also called a digital factory. Used to describe factories monitored by
artificially intelligent machinesthat overseemanufacturing. They have been called
paradises of efficiency because, by relying on virtual product blueprints instead
ofphysical prototypes, they will dramatically reduce the manpower required on the
factory floor.

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