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=== Other International Definitions ===
 
=== Other International Definitions ===
====International Society of Automation (ISA)====
 
<big>In a control system, refers to control achieved by intelligence that is distributed about the process to be controlled, rather than by a centrally located single unit. <ref>[https://www.isa.org/store/products/product-detail/?productId=116135 The Automation, Systems, and Instrumentation Dictionary, 4th Edition, ISA, 2003]</ref>.</big>
 
 
 
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===Standard Definition===  
 
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==== NIST ====
 
==== NIST ====
<big> The SCADA Server is the device that acts as the master in a SCADA system. [[Remote Terminal Unit|Remote terminal units]] and [[Programmable Logical Controller|PLC]] devices (as described below) located at remote field sites usually act as slaves. <ref name="NIST">[http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-82/SP800-82-final.pdfv K. Stouffer, J. Falco, K. Kent, Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security, NIST Special Publication 800-82, June 2011]</ref>.</big>
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<big> The SCADA Server is the device that acts as the master in a SCADA system. [[Remote Terminal Unit|Remote terminal units]] and [[Programmable Logical Controller|PLC]] devices (as described below) located at remote field sites usually act as slaves. <ref name="NIST">[http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-82/SP800-82-final.pdf K. Stouffer, J. Falco, K. Kent, Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security, NIST Special Publication 800-82, June 2011]</ref>.</big>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 15:31, 4 February 2015

SCADA Server or Master Terminal Unit (MTU).

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Other International Definitions

Standard Definition

NIST

The SCADA Server is the device that acts as the master in a SCADA system. Remote terminal units and PLC devices (as described below) located at remote field sites usually act as slaves. [1].

See also

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