rec.autos.simulators

tele - transport across some space or distance
metry - quantifiable measurements

So telemetry is the ability to broadcast and monitor some form of measurement
across some distance.  For example, being able to monitor from the pits the
RPMs on a race car anywhere on the course, or sitting in Houston monitoring
the status (speed, altitude, etc.) of a spacecraft in orbit.

This typically takes two parts.  First, the object being monitored has some
device capable of broadcasting the desired information, either continuously or
on demand.  Second, a receiver must be used to receive the signal and make
sense of it.

Not that it matters THAT much. :-)

JoH
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