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A content delivery network distributing cached web content from global edge servers to users on laptops, phones, and tablets.

What Is a CDN? Content Delivery Network Explained

A CDN distributes web content from edge servers close to users, reducing latency and offloading origin traffic. Covers how CDNs work, caching, edge computing, DDoS protection, and comparison of Cloudflare, Akamai, CloudFront, and Azure CDN.

Jul 20, 20268 min readbeginnerEmanuel De Almeida