[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-physical_system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-physical_system) : This is way over my head, and the simple english wikipedia doesn’t have an entry for this yet.
Please explain this cyber-physical systems to me like I’m an idiot – thank you!
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Computers normally only get to control their display, and maybe talk to the printer.
Some systems let computers control other things. Like a factory, where a computer might control a robot with a metal cutting torch.
Lots of things which are OK in normal computer systems, like stopping while some system process runs for a few minutes, are not OK ins a cyber-physical system, where the torch robot might cut through something or set the building on fire.
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