What Is the Internet of Things

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Multiple Choice

What is the Internet of Things?

• A)a world where interconnected, Internet-enabled devices or "things" can collect and share data without human intervention
• B)extracts information from data and uses it to predict future trends and identify behavioral patterns
• C)refers to devices that connect directly to other devices
• D)opportunities to change the way people purchase books

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Definitions:

Cocktail Party Effect

This describes the human ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as when listening to a single conversation in a crowded room.

Change Blindness

A perceptual phenomenon where a change in a visual stimulus goes unnoticed by the observer.

Sequential Processing

A method of processing information in a linear, ordered manner, where one step follows another in a sequence.

Parallel Processing

Parallel processing is the ability of the brain to simultaneously process incoming stimuli of differing quality. It's a part of the human information processing system that allows for complex multitasking.