IoT is an abbreviation and when expanded is Internet of Things. There are two important keywords in this phrase--Internet and Things. To understand it better, let's go back a few centuries in history to relate to the current emergence of this technology.
In the nineties internet was invented and became available generally to everyone although the penetration was less. During this time, almost everyone moved towards having a presence on the internet and started creating static web pages. These static web pages were showing details about various aspects. Eventually the static content became dynamic and content was generated on the fly based on context. In almost all cases, a browser was needed for accessing the internet. There was a plethora of browsers, but without them consuming the internet was a challenge.
During the first decade of this century, there was an interesting...