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Fog computing

A distributed computing model extending cloud-like services through intermediate nodes between devices and central clouds.

Fog computing

A distributed computing model extending cloud-like services through intermediate nodes between devices and central clouds.

Smart-city relevance: Often used conceptually for multi-tier IoT architectures; the term overlaps with edge computing.

Related: Edge computing

Cloud, Edge Computing, and Data Centers · Source page 34

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