Cloud Computing Intermediate

What is Edge Computing?

A distributed computing paradigm that processes data near the source of generation rather than in a centralized cloud data center.

Edge computing moves computation closer to users and data sources, reducing latency and bandwidth usage. Instead of sending all data to a distant cloud, processing happens at edge locations — CDN nodes, IoT gateways, or local servers.

Use cases include real-time gaming, autonomous vehicles, IoT sensor processing, video streaming, and AR/VR. Technologies include Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda@Edge, and 5G Mobile Edge Computing (MEC).

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IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)

A cloud service model providing virtualized computing resources like servers, storage, and networking over the internet.

An AWS service that provisions and manages cloud resources using declarative JSON or YAML templates.

SaaS (Software as a Service)

A cloud delivery model where software applications are hosted and managed by a provider and accessed by users over the internet.

Serverless Computing

A cloud execution model where the provider manages servers and dynamically allocates resources, charging only for actual usage.

Virtual Machine (VM)

A software-based emulation of a physical computer that runs its own operating system and applications.

An approach to building applications that fully exploit cloud computing advantages like scalability, resilience, and flexibility.

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