Korean slang profile
IoT
iot
The Internet of Things: devices and technologies that sense information and exchange it over networks such as the internet.
The Internet of Things: devices and technologies that sense information and exchange it over networks such as the internet.
- Expanded form
- Internet of ThingsInternet of Things
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- May 15, 2017
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
IoT 기능으로 집 밖에서도 기기의 상태를 확인했다.
IoT let me check a device's status from outside my home.
02Documented history
- May 2017The US GAO's official report overview explicitly gives IoT's expansion and explains it as technologies and devices that sense and communicate information.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The US GAO's official report overview explicitly gives IoT's expansion and explains it as technologies and devices that sense and communicate information. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The meaning and usage were compared with the source text. Who first coined it and when it was first used could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- Internet of Things: Status and implications of an increasingly connected world (미국 회계감사원 GAO)Published May 15, 2017Original source checked Nov 14, 2026