===== Internet of Things (IOT) =====
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**Internet of Things (IOT)** is a global infrastructure for the information society, enabling
advanced services by interconnecting (physical and virtual) things based on existing and evolving
interoperable information and communication technologies.

  : **NOTE 1**
    : Through the exploitation of [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:i:identification|identification]], data capture, processing and communication capabilities, the IoT makes full use of things to offer services to all kinds of applications, whilst ensuring that security and privacy requirements are fulfilled.
  : **NOTE 2**
    : From a broader perspective, the IoT can be perceived as a vision with technological and societal
implications. 

Source: [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.b_stds:tech:itu:y.2060]]