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  • inputA signal that comes into the PLC from a device, such as a button, a switch or a sensor. The logic reads it; it never writes it.
  • input imageA copy of every input, taken at the start of a scan. The logic reads this copy, so an input cannot change halfway through a scan, even if the real device does.
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