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).

Related Terms

Kubernetes Namespace

A virtual cluster within a Kubernetes cluster that provides scope for names and enables resource isolation between teams or environments.

Cloud Cost Optimization

Strategies and practices to reduce and control cloud computing expenses while maintaining performance and availability.

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.

S3 (Simple Storage Service)

An AWS object storage service that stores and retrieves any amount of data from anywhere on the web.

Virtual Machine (VM)

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

A storage architecture that manages data as objects with metadata and unique identifiers, ideal for unstructured data at scale.

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