internet of things

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noun Digital Technology.

a network of everyday devices, appliances, and other objects equipped with computer chips and sensors that can collect and transmit data through the internet. Abbreviation: IoT

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Origin of internet of things

First recorded in 1995–2000

Words nearby internet of things

internecine, internee, internegative, internet, internet access provider, internet of things, internet service provider, internetwork, interneuron, internist, internment

How to use internet of things in a sentence

The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.
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In the end, I find it never fails to modernize even the most dramatic things.
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The new information consisted of Internet protocol addresses that Comey said are “exclusively used” by North Korea.
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I think if you keep trying to do things the same way it becomes diminishing returns.
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Because I was going more on about how things had already been done.
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Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
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The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.
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In the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.
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There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
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She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
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