What is Home Automation?

Home Automation is specific to the requirements of private residences. It applies techniques for the comfort, communications, entertainment & security needs of it's residents.
A Smart Home adds intelligence
Smart Thing extends to outside the home
We now need a better name than HA or SH. Personal assistant (PA) doesn't really do it either.
IoT covers too much.

Home Automation definitions but we are no longer limited to the home.

So we need a better name, but what?

Smart Home is okay but limited to the home.

Smart Things (but it’s trademarked by Samsung) is okay but a lot things and not very

IoT – Internet of Things is too much. I don’t interact with everything.