Information technology shortly known as IT has been around for more than half a century as it first begun in a laboratory. In this new era, IT is considered as one of the compulsory resources that should be possessed in various fields especially in business organisation. The well-developed 21st century has induced the growth of IT in daily basis particularly in the latest IT and information and communication technology (ICT) gadgets, such as smart phone, smart television, tablet and many more to come. Along with the progression of information technology, the grouping of computer networks that is very large and covers worldwide was able to develop as well. The network formed is known as the Internet which is a network formed by associating …show more content…
The IoT refers to a system of interdependent computing devices, objects, mechanical and digital machines, animals or people that are provided with distinct identifiers and the tendency to transfer data over a network beyond human to human or human to computer interaction. In order to understand IoT better, this report will describe five characteristics of IoT in detail as well as some essential information about IoT. Besides that, this report will also provide several functions and the impact of IoT in university environment. In addition, this report will also explain two wide area network (WAN) …show more content…
Firstly, the Internet of Things allows data to be rapidly assembled as the smart objects are capable to gather and compress huge amounts of data. Associating data points with the techniques and technologies developed in various data sciences induces easier and safer lifestyle as the information gathered would be very useful. For instance, the number cars drive are increasing day by day and many people in those cars have GPS-enabled smartphones with them along with the navigation applications like Waze and Google Maps. This involves millions of data points and loads of information about traffic conditions. Hence with the aid of those applications, one would be able to reach his destination as the route suggested at a given