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A content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a geographically distributed network of proxy servers and their data centers.The goal is to provide high availability and performance ("speed") by distributing the service spatially relative to end users.
The taxonomy has been created and is being maintained by a joint effort of the Flamingo FP7 Project [1] and the Committee of Network Operations and Management (CNOM) of the Communications Society (COMSOC) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Working Group 6.6 of the International Federation of Information ...
Computer network diagram; Connection-oriented communication; Connectionless communication; Consolidated Tape Association; Consolidation ratio; Content centric networking; Content delivery network interconnection; Content delivery platform; Content-addressable memory; Convergence (routing) Cut-through switching
The principles behind information-centric networks were first described in the original 17 rules of Ted Nelson's Project Xanadu in 1979. In 2002, Brent Baccala submitted an Internet-Draft differentiating between connection-oriented and data-oriented networking and suggested that the Internet web architecture was rapidly becoming more data-oriented. [1]
Edge computing involves running computer programs that deliver quick responses close to where requests are made.Karim Arabi, during an IEEE DAC 2014 keynote [6] and later at an MIT MTL Seminar in 2015, described edge computing as computing that occurs outside the cloud, at the network's edge, particularly for applications needing immediate data processing.
Founded in 2000, CDNetworks is a full-service content delivery network (CDN) which provides technology, network infrastructure, and customer services for the delivery of Internet content and applications. The company is positioning itself as a multinational provider of content delivery services, with a particular emphasis on emerging Internet ...
Akamai content delivery to a user. The content delivery process begins with a user submitting a request to a browser. When a user enters a URL, a DNS request is triggered to Akamai's authoritative DNS [29] and an IP address is retrieved. With the IP address, the browser can then directly contact the Akamai edge server for subsequent requests. [30]
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