工业电脑（Industrial PC，简称IPC）主要是指用在是专供工业界使用的个人电脑，可作为工业控制器使用。

工业电脑基本性能与兼容性与同样规格的商用个人电脑相差无几，但是工业电脑更多的防护措施，注重的部份在不同环境下的稳定， 如饮料生产线控制、汽车生产线控制等等，在恶劣的环境下要求稳定，如防尘、防水、防静电等。工业用电脑并不要求当前最高性能，只求达到符合系统的要求，需符合工业环境中的可靠性要求与稳定，否则用于生产线万一遇到电脑当机，则可能造成严重损失，因此工业用电脑所要求的标准值都有要求符合严格的规范与扩充性。

A rugged (or ruggedized, but also ruggedised) computer is a computer specifically designed to operate reliably in harsh usage environments and conditions, such as strong vibrations, extreme temperatures and wet or dusty conditions. They are designed from inception for the type of rough use typified by these conditions, not just in the external housing but in the internal components and cooling arrangements as well. In general, ruggedized and hardened computers share the same design robustness and frequently these terms are interchangeable.