C

Request to carry out an action.

Synonym: instruction

Source:

• Electropedia 901-05-03

The manner in which data are exchanged with a participant or the participant can exchange these data and whether the participant exchanges data.

Note: Various protocols.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Specific manifestation of communications.

Note: Examples are synchronous/asynchronous, acknowledged/not acknowledged/with reply, deterministic/non-deterministic, stateful/stateless, unicast/multicast/broadcast

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Connection between a transmitter/sender and recipient/receiver which allows the exchange of information.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Industrie 4.0 component consisting of multiple I4.0 components which are related to each other

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Additional information from a relationship or an environment that can be taken into consideration.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

Coordinated interaction of I4.0 components, which work on distinct tasks, for a common purpose or benefit.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

CPS which is used in production

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

System which links real (physical) objects and processes with information-processing (virtual) objects and processes via open, in some cases global, and constantly interconnected information networks

Note: A CPS optionally uses services available locally or remotely, has human-machine interfaces, and offers the possibility of dynamic adaptation of the system at runtime.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)

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Structural mapping of applications to resources.

Note: Practical example is the distribution of the contents of an administration shell across different IT systems.

Source: Industrie 4.0 – Begriffe/Terms, VDI Statusreport Industrie 4.0 (April 2021)