The internet of things (IoT) is a catch-all term for the growing number of electronics that aren’t traditional computing devices, but are connected to the internet to send data, receive instructions, or both. An incredibly broad range of ‘things’ that fall under the IoT umbrella: sensors, wearables, robots, drones, connected cars, smart homes and smart cities.
While the narrow definition of IoT refers specifically to devices, there’s also a larger IoT ecosystem that includes wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi 6 and cellular 5G to transmit data, edge computing infrastructure to process data as close to the source as possible, the use of AI and machine learning for advanced analytics.
