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At first I thought "what does Android 4.0 have to do with critical infrastructure?" Maybe I've been reading HN too much.
by kylemaxwell 15y ago
At first I thought "what does Android 4.0 have to do with critical infrastructure?"
Maybe I've been reading HN too much.
- wmf 15y agoI've never heard that acronym either; I thought it was called SCADA.
- Shank 15y agoI think we just have a general problem with acronyms. I skimmed the article at first, and misread "ABB" as "ADB" because I still was going on the premise of it being "Ice Cream Sandwich."
- raffi 15y agoThe unwashed masses say SCADA. Those in the know say Industrial Control Systems. At least that's what I'm told. I'm kind of the unwashed type myself.
- elithrar 15y ago> The unwashed masses say SCADA. Those in the know say Industrial Control Systems. At least that's what I'm told. I'm kind of the unwashed type myself. The terms are often interchanged, even if they shouldn't be. "SCADA" (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) is your secondary control and historian/logging system, and will often be in control of sending data across comms links and monitoring events. An ICS (Industrial Control System) is your front-line system in charge of controlling your valves, motors and equipment directly. The roles have become more blurred together, especially as we move towards more general-purpose equipment and IP-based networks.
- wtn 15y agoI saw ICS and thought they meant Internet Chess Server.