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Jargon naivete question: isn't "on the edge" normally implying on a server side with minimal routers hops to the client, not on client side?
by jjtheblunt 3y ago
Jargon naivete question: isn't "on the edge" normally implying on a server side with minimal routers hops to the client, not on client side?
- devindotcom 3y agoafaik "edge" nearly always means taking place on the device a user is interacting with. no server involved except perhaps as authentication etc. but there is probably some other situation where "edge" could mean local infra or caching.
- WatchDog 3y agoI think the etymology of “edge computing” is derived from “network edge”, ie the outer shell of some network/autonomous system. The closest point within your control that interfaces with devices outside of your control. Seeing the term get used to describe client devices themselves kinda muddies the terminology.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoAgreed. (autocorrect style typo above: etymology)
- WatchDog 3y agofixed
- ImprobableTruth 3y agoI've definitely seen edge computing used in the context of IoT to refer to compute done on sensing devices. The less narrow meaning at least isn't really "new".
- xer0x 3y ago+1 yes, for a service using network caching like using Cloudflare. I would've referred to their CDN as the Edge of our network.