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Internet of Things
From the course: CCSP Cert Prep: 1 Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design
Internet of Things
- [Instructor] The Internet of Things is a third emerging technology covered on the CCSP exam. The Internet of Things or IoT is a term used to describe connecting nontraditional devices to the internet for data collection, analysis, and control. We see IoT applications arising in the home and the workplace. On the home front, it's hard to walk around your house or the local consumer electronics store without seeing a huge number of devices that are now called smart this or smart that. I now have in my home a smart television, a smart garage door, and even a smart water sprinkler system. All that smart means is that the devices are computer-controlled and network-connected. IoT technology began by taking some of the more common computing devices in our homes, such as game consoles and printers, and making them first network-connected and then wireless. Manufacturers quickly realized that we wanted connectivity to enable…