# SCADA is formed from the first letters of "
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition"
# SCADA is the technology that enables a user to:
• Collect data on Process & Equipment (data acquisition (DAQ)).
• Monitor & Supervise Process at one or more geographically scattered
distant facilities (Remote Terminal Units (RTUs))
# • Send limited control instructions to those facilities from central location
(Master Terminal Unit (MTU)).