Monitoring Systems

What is Monitoring Systems?

A monitoring system is an automated system in which sensor readings are recorded, displayed or used to raise an alarm, but no actuator changes the conditions being measured — which is what separates it from a control system.

This definition is part of the Automated and Emerging Technologies chapter in Cambridge O Level Computer Science.

Concepts related to Monitoring Systems

• Sensor
• weather station
• control system
• Actuator