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[–] [deleted] 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

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[–] Vitruvia [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I guess so. But it probably has applicability as well. Like maybe a person can get to toy with some devices and try to interconnect some of his electronic devices at home or maybe students can get into projects that mess with that kind of stuff.

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[–] Icy-Defiance 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

You're pretty much right. It's just things connecting to the internet without a user telling them what to do. To a techie, that's called automation, but a lot of people like having fancy terms for things they don't understand.

"The cloud" is another one. It's just servers doing server things, but everyone's like "so mysterious and futuristic".

I think it all comes from marketers needing buzzwords to convince managers to do things, but who knows.