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Operational technology
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<p>Operational technology (OT) is <a href="/facts/Electronic_component/F3NBVv4Q">hardware</a> and <a href="/facts/Software/RP79lVSW">software</a> that detects or causes a change, through the direct <a href="/facts/Event_monitoring/jzLEpCEC">monitoring</a> and/or control of industrial equipment, <a href="/facts/Asset/o7TARXhB">assets</a>, processes and events<i>.</i> The term has become established to demonstrate the technological and functional differences between traditional <a href="/facts/Information_technology/glMzunwe">information technology</a> (IT) systems and <a href="/facts/Industrial_control_system/YzgsMy2x">industrial control systems</a> environment, the so-called "IT in the non-carpeted areas". </p>