HOME UNIT 1 UNIT 2 UNIT 3 UNIT 4 UNIT 5 Fog, Edge and Cloud in IOT Fog Computing in IOT: Fog computing is a decentralized computing infrastructure in which data, compute, storage and applications are located somewhere between the data source and the cloud. Like edge computing, fog computing brings the advantages and power of the cloud closer to where data is created and acted upon. Many people use the terms fog computing and edge computing interchangeably because both involve bringing intelligence and processing closer to where the data is created. This is often done to improve efficiency, though it might also be done for security and compliance reasons. The fog metaphor comes from the meteorological term for a cloud close to the ground, just as fog conc...