12:08 Feb 15, 2007 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Automation & Robotics / controls | |||||||
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4 +5 | See explanation below... |
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4 +3 | here are definitions from |
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Rough explanation Explanation: To regulate something tends to mean to make small adjustments to its working processes to keep it running within certain parameters. Controlling includes regulation but also means being able to make greater changes up to and including stopping a process or equipment. |
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here are definitions from Explanation: Elsevier's Dictionary of Computers, Automatic Control, and Data Processing: (Automatic) Controller -- A device which measures the value of a variable quantity or condition, and operates to correct or limit deviation of this measured value from a selected reference. (Automatic) Regulator -- That part of the automatic control system in which the measured value of a controlled condition is compared with a set value and which transmits a signal to a correcting element Control -- A general term for a system or device which exerts a restraining, governing or directing influence Regulation -- The maintaining of a variable of a circuit or device at essentially a constant level |
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