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This is a short paper that introduces fog computing to the world of educational technology. What is fog computing? It's like cloud computing, but closer to the end user, and tied more directly with the internet of things (IoT). In this way, it's similar to edge computing. "With Fog Computing, multiple users, gadgets such as automobiles, wearable gizmos, sensing units, wise gadgets, and organization can accept one another utilizing their very own Fog facilities," writes Raman. "Also, various mobile phones can additionally connect directly to every other. The information does not have to be transferred to the Cloud and even the base terminal." The result is much less latency, especially for VR applications that depend on the IoT.

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