{"id":1159,"date":"2019-07-01T15:08:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sage-new-clone.local\/en-au\/blog\/?post_type=sage_glossary&#038;p=1159"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:52:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:52:50","slug":"what-are-sensors","status":"publish","type":"sage_glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-my\/blog\/glossary\/what-are-sensors\/","title":{"rendered":"What are sensors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-my\/blog\/glossary\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Glossary definition<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat are sensors?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"What are sensors?\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-my\/blog\/glossary\/what-are-sensors\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sensors\">Sensors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In industries like manufacturing and distribution, sensors are part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-my\/blog\/glossary\/what-is-the-internet-of-things-iot\/\">Internet of Things (IoT)<\/a>, allowing devices to collect data from the physical environment \u2013 input such as light, heat, motion, moisture or pressure. 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