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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Kubernetes Service

An abstraction that provides a stable network endpoint for accessing a group of Pods, handling load balancing and service discovery.

Automatically adjusting the number of computing resources based on current demand to maintain performance and optimize costs.

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

Discounted cloud compute instances that use spare capacity at significantly lower prices but can be interrupted with short notice.

VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)

An isolated virtual network within a cloud provider where you can launch resources with full control over IP addressing, routing, and security.

IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)

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

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