Data collecting apparatus in the nature of a system comprising electronic sensors and computer software for use in industrial automatic instruments; real-time data processing apparatus; computer software for creating searchable databases; data processing programs recorded on machine-readable data carriers; computer software to enable the searching of data; computer software for data and document capture, transmission, storage and indexing; data conversion devices and instruments, namely, data processors; data protection backup units comprising hardware in the nature of drives and software for performing backup functions; electronic data loggers; apparatus for the input, output, transmission and storage of data; apparatus for processing, transmitting and storing database information; data processing software; software for big data analysis; computer software for use in automating and managing business processes; industrial process control software; data input/output module in the nature of a system comprising computer hardware and computer software for the transmission of data between two points for use in industrial automatic instruments