15.7.5 Cloud Computing And Content Delivery
Increasingly, Internet services are no longer delivered from a single central computer.
Instead, applications and information are distributed across large cloud computing facilities located throughout the world.
Popular content such as streaming video and software updates is frequently replicated using Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), allowing users to retrieve information from nearby servers rather than distant data centers.
This distributed architecture reduces communication delay, improves reliability, and allows the Internet to support billions of users simultaneously.
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