IoT Basics And Fundamentals: A Guide For Beginners
whatis.com, Thursday, July 13,2023
Explore the benefits and challenges of IoT, as well as its consumer, business and industrial applications. Learn how it works, related concepts, history and more in this primer.
IoT stands for internet of things. Most simply, it refers to physical objects linked through wired and wireless networks. More specifically, it refers to the collection of internet-connected devices that are able to communicate autonomously over the internet, without needing a person to initiate the communication.
You might be asking yourself, how is this different from the "internet" as most people commonly understand the term? Well, it really isn't that different -- it's just a way of talking about the internet with a specific focus on "things" instead of people.