Glossary term
What is edge location (CDN edge location)?
edge location stands for CDN edge location.
In DevOps
One of hundreds of small data centres where a CDN keeps cached copies of your files close to users.
Learn it properly · DevOpsLesson 11: S3 and CloudFront: Static Assets and CDNUploads, images and built assets in S3, served from edge locations near your users.In System Design
Small sites near users for CDN and DNS. Example: Hundreds worldwide.
Learn it properly · System DesignLesson 57: Cloud Fundamentals: Regions, AZs & ServerlessServers that once took months to order now take minutes — but the cloud has its own concepts, failure modes and surprise bills. Regions and availability zones, IaaS to SaaS, serverless and cold starts, the shared responsibility model, cost, and infrastructure as code.