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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. CDNs came into existence in the late 1990s as a means for alleviating the performance bottlenecks of the Internet [1] [2 ...
Digital distribution, also referred to as content delivery, online distribution, or electronic software distribution, among others, is the delivery or distribution of digital media content such as audio, video, e-books, video games, and other software.
The term began being used in the 1990s to describe content delivery networks —these were used to deliver website and video content from servers located near users. [2] In the early 2000s, these systems expanded their scope to hosting other applications, [3] leading to early edge computing services. [4] These services could do things like find dealers, manage shopping carts, gather real-time ...
Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use. [1] The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. These activities can occur on the producer side or on the consumer side or both. Because every software system is unique, the precise ...
Software as a service ( SaaS / sæs / [1]) is a form of cloud computing in which the provider offers the use of application software to a client and manages all the physical and software resources used by the application. [2] The distinguishing feature of SaaS compared to other software delivery models is that it separates "the possession and ownership of software from its use". [3] SaaS began ...
Cloud computing [1] is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage ( cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. [2] Large clouds often have functions distributed over multiple locations, each of which is a data center. Cloud computing relies on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and typically uses a pay-as-you ...
A learning management system ( LMS) or virtual learning environment ( VLE) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, automation, and delivery of educational courses, training programs, materials or learning and development programs. [1] The learning management system concept emerged directly from e ...
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