Glossary of terms for sensing and telemetry

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A
Alarm
Ambient temperature
Analogue
Assured operating distance (sa)
Automated data collection

B
Battery

C
Cable and connectors
Cable break monitoring
Cable free installation
Calibration
Cellular
Cellular engine
Channel
Compressive strength
Coverage
Current consumption

D
Data
Data acquisition
Delay
Detection Range
Digital

E
Effective operating distance (sr)
Electromagnetic compatibility EMC
Explosion proof

G
GPRS
GSM
GSM telemetry

H
Historical information
Housing material
Hydrostatic level sensor
Hysteresis
Hysteresis of an Inductive proximity switch

I
IN4MA
Inductive proximity switch
Input
Intrinsically safe
Inventory control

L
Level Sensors
Log interval
Low power radio telemetry

M
Machine to Machine (or M2M)

N
Network operation centre
Nominal flow
O
Operating distance of an Inductive proximity switch

P
Program
Protection
Pulse

R
Radio Telemetry
Reaction time
Remote inventory management
Remote level gauge
Remote level monitoring
Remote level sensor
Repeating accuracy (R)
Reverse polarity protection

S
SCADA
Sensors
Short circuit protection
Start-up time
Supply voltage
Switch point drift of an Inductive proximity switch
Switching current
Switching frequency
Switching frequency of an Inductive proximity switch
Switching Point
Switching point drift
Switching power
Switching voltage

T
Tank Inventory visibility
Telematics
Telemetry
Telemetry systems
Temperature gradient
Temperature medium

U
Ultrasonic sensor
Usable operating distance (su)

V
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
Voltage drop Ud

W
Web inventory management
Wire free data acquisition
Wire free remote monitoring
Wire free SCADA
Wireless data acquisition
Wireless remote monitoring
Wireless SCADA
Wireless telemetry