This is the process of connecting a new IoTThe Internet of Things. A broad term covering many different applications where "things" are interconnected through the internet. device to the cloudA generic phrase referring to large numbers of computers located somewhere far away and accessed over the internet. For the IoT, computing may be local, done in the same system or building, or in the cloud, with data shipped up to the cloud and then the result shipped back down. for the first time. You have to get onto a local networkA collection of items like computers, printers, phones, and other electronic items that are connected together by switches and routers. A network allows the connected devices to talk to each other electronically. The internet is an example of an extremely large network. Your home network, if you have one, is an example of a small local network. first (maybe WiFiA common type of wireless network used to connect computers and phones to each other and the internet., maybe Bluetooth), and then you can reach the cloud.