cloudlet noun2 •A little cloud.The shell-bursts from the Fascist anti-aircraft guns dotted the sky like cloudlets in a bad water-colour, but I never saw them get within a thousand yards of an aeroplane. — 1938 •A small-scale cloud data center deployed at the edge.The idea is to use the cloudlet as a flexible gateway or portal to access the distant cloud. The cloudlet can be implemented on PCs, workstations or low-cost servers. — 2017 formscloudlets
