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Understanding Edge Computing Explained

Edge computing processes and stores data locally on devices and endpoints rather than sending all data to centralized cloud servers. It aims to improve response times and save bandwidth by handling data closer to where it is generated or needs to be acted on. Edge computing could allow devices like cars, appliances, and sensors to have more autonomous operations and responses.

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Understanding Edge Computing Explained

Edge computing processes and stores data locally on devices and endpoints rather than sending all data to centralized cloud servers. It aims to improve response times and save bandwidth by handling data closer to where it is generated or needs to be acted on. Edge computing could allow devices like cars, appliances, and sensors to have more autonomous operations and responses.

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Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have proven

to us that we can trust them with our personal data. Now it’s
time to reward that trust by giving them complete control
over our computers, toasters, and cars.

Allow me to introduce you to “edge” computing.

Edge is a buzzword. Like “IoT” and “cloud” before it, edge


means everything and nothing. But I’ve been watching some
industry experts on YouTube, listening to some podcasts,
and even, on occasion, reading articles on the topic. And I
think I’ve come up with a useful definition and some
possible applications for this buzzword technology.

WHAT IS EDGE COMPUTING?


In the beginning, there was One Big Computer. Then, in the
Unix era, we learned how to connect to that computer using
dumb (not a pejorative) terminals. Next we had personal
computers, which was the first time regular people really
owned the hardware that did the work.

Right now, in 2018, we’re firmly in the cloud computing era.


Many of us still own personal computers, but we mostly use
them to access centralized services like Dropbox, Gmail,
Office 365, and Slack. Additionally, devices like Amazon
Echo, Google Chromecast, and the Apple TV are powered by
content and intelligence that’s in the cloud — as opposed to
the DVD box set of Little House on the Prairie or CD-ROM copy
of Encarta you might’ve enjoyed in the personal computing
era.

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