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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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.

Region and Availability Zone

Geographic locations where cloud providers operate data centers, with zones providing redundancy within a region.

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

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.

SLA (Service Level Agreement)

A formal agreement between a service provider and customer defining guaranteed levels of service availability and performance.

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