Definitions[]
Computing[]
An object is
| “ | [a] self-contained entity that contains its own data and the functions necessary to manipulate the data.[1] | ” |
| “ | [a] passive information system-related entity containing or receiving information.[2] | ” |
Examples of objects are: records, blocks, files, programs, video displays, printers, network nodes, etc.[3]
Data[]
An object is "a passive entity that contains or receives information."[4]
Internet[]
An object can be an HTML page, a graphics file, a music file, and so forth.
Internet of things[]
An object is
| “ | a ‘thing’ in IoT (in contrast to the digital and network connection shared between these systems). This could be household appliances, wearable technology, security systems or other connected devices.[5] | ” |
Overview[]
General[]
"Access to an object potentially implies access to the information it contains. Examples of objects are: records, blocks, pages, segments, files, directories, directory trees, and programs, as well as bits, bytes, words, fields, processors, video displays, keyboards, clocks, printers, and network nodes."[6]
Internet of things[]
"Objects can be classified as follows.
- Size: small, normal
- Mobility: mobile, fixed
- Power: without Power supply, with power supply
- Connectivity: intermittently connected, continuously connected
- Automation: automated, non automated
- Physical/logical: physical objects, logical objects
- Network protocol: IP enabled objects, non IP objects
Objects have the following characteristics.
- Ability to sense and/or actuate
- Small (or not necessarily)
- Limited capability (or not necessarily)
- Energy/power limited
- Connected to physical world
- Intermittent connectivity
- Mobile (potentially)
- Of interest to people
- Managed by devices, not people."[7]
References[]
- ↑ Internet Banking: Comptroller’s Handbook, at 77.
- ↑ NICCS, Explore Terms: A Glossary of Common Cybersecurity Terminology (full-text); CNSSI 4009.
- ↑ NIST Special Publication 800-4, App. D, Glossary.
- ↑ NIST Special Publication 800-33, at 21; NIST Special Publication 800-27.
- ↑ Smartex: IoT Glossary of Terms and Standards (full-text).
- ↑ Department of Defense, National Computer Security Center, Glossary of Computer Security Terms (NCSC-TG-004, Ver. 1) (Oct. 21, 1988).
- ↑ The Internet of Things-Concept and Problem Statement, at 6-7.