System of connected devices, machines, objects, or any living or non-living thing equipped with unique identifiers and the ability to transmit data over a network without necessary human intervention. It is the ubiquitous evolution of Machine-to-Machine (M2M), encompassing the phenomenon of increasingly connecting sensors and machines in networks, whether to gather data, leverage centralized computing capabilities, or add intelligence to machine decision and interaction between machines.
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