fog computing

• Fog computing is a system-level horizontal architecture that distributes resources and services of computing, storage, control and networking anywhere along the continuum from Cloud to Things

https://www.openfogconsortium.org/what-we-do/#definition-of-fog-computing

• Instead, the IoT will be encouraged with “fog computing,” by that storage, computing, handle and media power can exist anyplace across the structure, possibly from data centres, the cloud computing, advantage devices like gateways or routers, and advantage equipment itself as for instance, for instance, a system, or even from detectors.

https://erpinnews.com/fog-computing-architecture

• From Cloud-Based to Fog-Based

When users are working with data stored in cloud-based application, such as Dropbox or Google Docs, their data doesn't live on their computers -- it lives in remote data centers. But when using the cloud for applications that demand a virtually instantaneous response, like telemedicine or smart transportation, the distance between user and cloud becomes a concern. Researchers are addressing it with something called mobile edge computing.
"Mobile edge computing is cloud computing brought physically closer to the user," Krunz said. "We sometimes call it fog computing, because clouds are farther away while fog is closer."
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/uoac-fcl120618.php