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Set point
Introduction
Set point or setpoint might mean one of:
- Set point (tennis), a tennis term meaning one player is one point away from winning a set
- Set point (electronics), a term which refers to the point at which an electrical circuit is either activated or de-activated
- Set point (medicine), a term referring to any one of a number of quantities (e.g. body weight, body temperature) which the body tries to keep at a particular value (see also homeostasis)
- Setpoint (control system), the target value that an automatic control system, for example PID controller, will aim to reach
- SetPoint, the driver suite for Logitech mice