MEASURING SYSTEMS IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORKS

Tadeusz P. Dobrowiecki, Tamás Mészáros
Department of Measurement and Information Systems
Technical University of Budapest,

Abstract. 
   In the paper authors investigate the implications of the availability of
global computer networks in the measurement practice. Hardware, software, but
particularly new concepts related to the global networks offer numerous
prospects but also pose considerable challenge. Some of the new developments
explore only temporary advantages, some seem superficial, and some are still
very far fetched and oriented toward the future. The integration of the
measurement equipment into global networks would require a reconsideration of
certain properties of the measuring systems, and the role of the system
controllers in particular.