Cloud-dew architecture

Cloud-dew architecture is a fundamental computing architecture that concerns the distribution of workloads between cloud services and local computers. This new architecture is an extension of the Client-server architecture which is the cornerstone of modern computing applications. In the extension, servers are further classified into Cloud servers and Dew servers. The newly-proposed dew servers are web servers reside on local computers. The dew server and its related databases have two functions: first, it provides
the client with the same services as the cloud server provides; second, it synchronizes
dew server databases with cloud server databases. The cloud-dew architecture not only makes the personal data stored in the cloud continuously accessible by the user, but also enables a new application: web-surfing without an Internet connection. Cloud-dew Architecture leads to the creation of Dew computing and is the foundation of Dew computing.
Cloud-dew architecture associates Cloud computing with meteorology concept Dew, suggesting the rich application of local computers and their collaboration with cloud services.
Although Cloud-dew architecture was proposed to make websites available without an Internet connection, its usage is not limited there. Cloud-dew architecture can also be used as the software framework of Internet of Things (IoT) systems and other applications.
History
Origin of the term
Cloud-dew architecture was proposed in an article (submitted in July 2013, accepted in August 2014 and available online in January 2015) and a website (http://www.clouddew.com/, operated by "Dew Computing Research Group") which was available online before the submission. A few other papers further expanded its connotation.
Early Development
Cloud-dew architecture was devised to retrieve user's personal information and to surf websites when an Internet connection is not available. Later, Cloud-dew architecture lead to the creation of Dew computing which is considered as a personal computer software organization paradigm and its application is not limited to offline web-surfing.

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