the.com/fog computing
cloud computing that got tired of the commute and moved closer to the data.
means a distributed architecture that processes data near the devices generating it instead of shipping everything to a distant cloud data center.
from coined by cisco around 2012, riffing on cloud computing since fog is literally a cloud that sits low to the ground, closer to where you actually live.
latency wincuts round-trip delay from seconds to milliseconds
real usepowers self-driving cars that cannot wait for the cloud
coined bycisco, not a university or lab
edge overlapoften confused with edge computing, its blunter cousin