Internet of things
Internet of Things (IoT)
Internet of Things (IoT) /ɪn.tər.net ɒv θɪŋz/ is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers (UIDs) and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.
Etymology
The term "Internet of Things" was coined by British entrepreneur Kevin Ashton in 1999 during his work at Auto-ID Labs, specifically in the context of supply chain management. However, the concept of a network of smart devices has been discussed since 1982, with a modified Coke machine at Carnegie Mellon University becoming the first Internet-connected appliance.
Related Terms
- Machine-to-Machine (M2M): Refers to direct communication between devices using any communications channel, including wired and wireless.
- Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS): Integrations of computation, networking, and physical processes.
- Ubiquitous Computing: A concept in software engineering and computer science where computing is made to appear anytime and everywhere.
- Cloud Computing: The on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage and computing power, without direct active management by the user.
- Big Data: A field that treats ways to analyze, systematically extract information from, or otherwise deal with data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional data-processing application software.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Internet of things
- Wikipedia's article - Internet of things
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