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Edge computing

Processing, storage, or analytics placed close to where data is produced or consumed rather than exclusively in a distant central cloud.

Edge computing

Processing, storage, or analytics placed close to where data is produced or consumed rather than exclusively in a distant central cloud.

Smart-city relevance: Reduces latency and bandwidth and can preserve operation during wide-area network outages.

Related: Fog computing; MEC

Cloud, Edge Computing, and Data Centers · Source page 34

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