Terminologies
The following table lists the Fogwing terminologies that are used across the application:
Terminology | Meaning |
Application | Virtual name for one or group of edge functions |
Edge | Any device or gateway that sends telemetry data to cloud application |
IoThub | An MQTT hub is the gateway of fogwing to receive high volume messages |
Client Id | A unique id required to connect with MQTT broker |
Data log | A data storage of telemetry data received from edge devices |
Active Edge | The edge devices that are in contact with Fogwing IoThub less than 3 hours |
Inactive Edge | The edge device(s) that were connected earlier and are now silent for more than 3 hours |
Payload | the actual payload received from the edge devices through IoThub |
Audit log | All functional events that happen within Fogwing recorded as log |
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This is a living page where we will keep updating the terminologies as and when we introduce.