n. Shorthand reference to the collection of uniquely identifiable devices that are connected to the Internet and are capable of transmitting and receiving data over that connection.
2015
Mr. O'Reilly, who also founded and runs the O'Reilly publishing and conference business, now says that the Internet of Things, or IoT, may be the most important online development yet.
2015
"In creating an (Internet of Things) market and realizing the IoT era, collaboration between all industries to enable barrier-less and seamless communication between devices is absolutely essential," Yoon said. ("IoT" is shorthand of the moment for Internet of Things.)
2012
Last week I told you about my vision of the future where alarm clocks and calendars and coffee machines all talk to each other. It’s a future where the Internet of Things (IoTs) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) conversations are the “social network of machine and man”, making our lives enormously easier and more productive.
2007 (earliest)
The "Internet of Things" (abbreviated IoT) has added a new dimension to the world of information and communication technologies: from anytime, any place connectivity for anyone, we will now have connectivity to anything.
I could be wrong, but I'm fairly sure the phrase "Internet of Things" started life as the title of a presentation I made at Procter & Gamble (P&G) in 1999.