The huge numbers of devices connected to the Internet of Things have to communicate automatically, not via humans. What is this called?

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The huge numbers of devices connected to the Internet of Things have to communicate automatically, not via humans. What is this called?

Machine to machine communication is the concept being tested. It describes how devices like sensors, actuators, and gateways talk to each other and to systems without human intervention, enabling automatic data exchange and actions such as a thermometer sending a reading and a controller adjusting heating automatically. This approach is fundamental in IoT because it lets many devices coordinate and operate at scale, often using lightweight protocols and message patterns that minimize latency and bandwidth while supporting real-time decisions. The other terms don’t fit because: business-to-business focuses on human-driven transactions between organizations, not machine-to-machine interactions; InterCloud isn’t the term used for device-to-device communication in IoT; Skynet is a fictional concept not relevant to real-world IoT communication.

Machine to machine communication is the concept being tested. It describes how devices like sensors, actuators, and gateways talk to each other and to systems without human intervention, enabling automatic data exchange and actions such as a thermometer sending a reading and a controller adjusting heating automatically.

This approach is fundamental in IoT because it lets many devices coordinate and operate at scale, often using lightweight protocols and message patterns that minimize latency and bandwidth while supporting real-time decisions.

The other terms don’t fit because: business-to-business focuses on human-driven transactions between organizations, not machine-to-machine interactions; InterCloud isn’t the term used for device-to-device communication in IoT; Skynet is a fictional concept not relevant to real-world IoT communication.

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