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Content delivery network

A content delivery network (CDN) or content distribution network is a geographically distributed network of proxy servers and corresponding data centers. CDNs provide high availability and performance ("speed") through geographical distribution relative to end users, and arose in the late 1990s to alleviate the performance bottlenecks of the Internet as…

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Technology

Security and privacy

Content networking techniques

CDN trends

Content delivery service and technology providers

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Content delivery network

Nodes149
Edges148
Triples21
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013423
Components1

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Content delivery network

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see also · 7
Content delivery network → Air CircuitComparison, Application, Broadcasting Organizations TreatyPush, Broadcasts, File SystemIPTVList, Internet, Music ModelOver-the-top
related to Content networking techniques · 5
Content delivery network → As, Content Delivery Networks, The, The Internet, This
related to Emergence of telco CDNs · 2
Content delivery network → The, To

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content cdn cdns network service delivery servers web internet performance networks caching providers may services dns load also telco server

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
media companiesinstance ofContent owners0.80text
e-commerce vendors pay CDN operators to deliver their content to their end usersinstance ofContent owners0.80text
Bittorrent that require users to shareinstance ofespecially with protocols0.80text
WebRTCinstance ofdelivery to clients from servers can use alternate non-HTTP protocols0.80text
WebSockets.Image Optimizationinstance ofdelivery to clients from servers can use alternate non-HTTP protocols0.80text
Deliveryinstance ofdelivery to clients from servers can use alternate non-HTTP protocols0.80text
WebSocketsinstance ofdelivery to clients from servers can use alternate non-HTTP protocols0.80text
Content delivery networkrelated to Content networking techniquesThe Internet0.60section
Content delivery networkrelated to Content networking techniquesThis0.60section
Content delivery networkrelated to Content networking techniquesAs0.60section
Content delivery networkrelated to Content networking techniquesContent Delivery Networks0.60section
Content delivery networkrelated to Content networking techniquesThe0.60section

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