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supervisory control

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Definitions:

  A term that is used to imply that the output of a controller or computer program is used as input to other controllers.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-82r3 from The Automation, Systems, and Instrumentation Dictionary

  A controller that also acts as a server that hosts the control software that communicates with lower-level control devices, such as remote terminal units (RTUs) and programmable logic controllers (PLCs), over an OT network. In a SCADA system, this is often called a SCADA server, MTU, or supervisory controller.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-82r3 under Control Server