{"id":6691,"date":"2022-08-24T10:33:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T09:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/glossary\/iot-internet-of-things-definition\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T12:56:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T10:56:50","slug":"iot-internet-of-things-definition","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/en\/glossary\/iot-internet-of-things-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"IoT \u2014 Internet of Things \u2014 definition"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iot-capteur-sensor-dan-lefebvre.jpg\" alt width=\"597\" height=\"398\"\/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">IoT &mdash; Internet of Things and connected &ldquo;objects<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the<strong>Inter&shy;net of Things &mdash; IoT<\/strong>, an &ldquo;object&rdquo; can&nbsp;be:<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square; text-align: justify;\">\n<p> \t<\/p><li>a <strong>per&shy;son<\/strong>: for exam&shy;ple, a patient suf&shy;fer&shy;ing from brad&shy;yarrhyth&shy;mia could be fit&shy;ted with a pace&shy;mak&shy;er, itself equipped with sen&shy;sors to col&shy;lect data in real time and alert the refer&shy;ring med&shy;ical staff in case of problem<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li> <strong>ani&shy;mals<\/strong> that car&shy;ry a chip (transpon&shy;der) in order to be mon&shy;i&shy;tored remotely<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li>a <strong>car<\/strong> with sen&shy;sors to alert the dri&shy;ver when the pres&shy;sure of his tires is too low, but also pro&shy;vides him with dri&shy;ving assis&shy;tance, &hellip; not to men&shy;tion semi-autonomous cars, com&shy;mu&shy;ni&shy;ca&shy;tion between vehicles&nbsp;&hellip;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>IoT refers to any nat&shy;ur&shy;al or human-made object that can be assigned an IP address and the abil&shy;i&shy;ty to trans&shy;fer data over a net&shy;work<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Internet of Things &mdash; IoT in&nbsp;brief<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ecosys&shy;tem of phys&shy;i&shy;cal objects con&shy;nect&shy;ed to the Inter&shy;net<\/strong>, which allows the exchange of data and infor&shy;ma&shy;tion between these objects and the Internet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IoT con&shy;sists of 4 main elements:<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square; text-align: justify;\">\n<p> \t<\/p><li>objects, serv&shy;ing as sensors<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li>the net&shy;work<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li>the data and\/or infor&shy;ma&shy;tion cap&shy;tured or used by the object<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li>but also the oper&shy;at&shy;ing appli&shy;ca&shy;tions allow&shy;ing the use of these objects as well as the data and infor&shy;ma&shy;tion&nbsp;used<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exam&shy;ples: smart&shy;phone, con&shy;nect&shy;ed watch, toll tag, pallet&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/glossary\/rfid-radio-frequence-identification-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n<\/a><\/p><p>  <strong>RFID<\/strong>\n.&hellip;<\/p>\n\n<h2>IoT and industry<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In<strong> Jan&shy;u&shy;ary 2019<\/strong>, <strong>IDC<\/strong> released its <strong>esti&shy;mates<\/strong> for the <strong>glob&shy;al Inter&shy;net of Things mar&shy;ket<\/strong>. Spend&shy;ing on the Inter&shy;net of Things is expect&shy;ed to reach 657 bil&shy;lion euros, of which <strong>173 bil&shy;lion euros will come from indus&shy;try<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IoT is already used in industry to<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"> <strong>data<\/strong> col&shy;lec&shy;tion. They are essen&shy;tial for mon&shy;i&shy;tor&shy;ing oper&shy;a&shy;tions and indus&shy;tri&shy;al equip&shy;ment: tem&shy;per&shy;a&shy;ture, humid&shy;i&shy;ty, loca&shy;tion and mon&shy;i&shy;tor&shy;ing of equip&shy;ment,&nbsp;etc.<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">improve <strong>per&shy;for&shy;mance<\/strong>: increase pro&shy;duc&shy;tion with few&shy;er resources (human or material)<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reduce <strong>costs<\/strong>, includ&shy;ing, once again, those relat&shy;ed to human resources. Con&shy;nect&shy;ed objects are indeed able to per&shy;form sim&shy;ple tasks, usu&shy;al&shy;ly done by employ&shy;ees, such as col&shy;lect&shy;ing&nbsp;data<\/li>\n<p> \t<\/p><li style=\"text-align: justify;\">improve <strong>main&shy;te&shy;nance<\/strong>. By antic&shy;i&shy;pat&shy;ing and avoid&shy;ing machine and equip&shy;ment break&shy;downs, oper&shy;a&shy;tional and pro&shy;duc&shy;tion interruptions&hellip;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;\n\n<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IoT &mdash; Inter&shy;net of Things and con&shy;nect&shy;ed &ldquo;objects In theInter&shy;net of Things &mdash; IoT, an &ldquo;object&rdquo; can&nbsp;be: a per&shy;son: for exam&shy;ple, a patient suf&shy;fer&shy;ing from brad&shy;yarrhyth&shy;mia could be fit&shy;ted with a pace&shy;mak&shy;er, itself equipped with sen&shy;sors to col&shy;lect data in real time and alert the refer&shy;ring med&shy;ical staff in case of prob&shy;lem ani&shy;mals that&nbsp;carry&nbsp;[&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6691","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IoT - Internet of Things - definition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"IoT or Internet of Things: ecosystem of physical objects connected to the Internet allowing the exchange of data and information.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/glossary\/iot-internet-of-things-definition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IoT - Internet of Things - definition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IoT or Internet of Things: ecosystem of physical objects connected to the Internet allowing the exchange of data and information.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/glossary\/iot-internet-of-things-definition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aloer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-16T10:56:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iot-capteur-sensor-dan-lefebvre.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/glossary\\\/iot-internet-of-things-definition\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/glossary\\\/iot-internet-of-things-definition\\\/\",\"name\":\"IoT - Internet of Things - definition\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/glossary\\\/iot-internet-of-things-definition\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/glossary\\\/iot-internet-of-things-definition\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/iot-capteur-sensor-dan-lefebvre.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-24T09:33:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-16T10:56:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"IoT or Internet of Things: ecosystem of physical objects connected to the Internet allowing the exchange of data and information.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/glossary\\\/iot-internet-of-things-definition\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/glossary\\\/iot-internet-of-things-definition\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/glossary\\\/iot-internet-of-things-definition\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/iot-capteur-sensor-dan-lefebvre.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/iot-capteur-sensor-dan-lefebvre.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/glossary\\\/iot-internet-of-things-definition\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aloer.fr\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"IoT &#8211; 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