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OPC is a set of standards that specify the communication of data between software applications and automation hardware. The acronym OPC originally stood for OLE for Process Control because it was based upon the Microsoft OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) technology. In fact, it was meant as the automation industries version of OLE but with the changes in Microsoft technology the term OLE has been dropped from the acronym. OPC now stands as a phrase to describe a set of standards for open connectivity in automation and process control.