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CDN
Content Delivery Networks make static resource available at multiple locations on the internet. This increases availability and minimizes download times.
Web servers that deliver only static content can be completely replaced by hosting this content at a CDN. This is especially interesting for SSR / Jamstack sites. Recently, it has become more difficult to tell where the line is between CDNs and cloud platforms. For example, CDNs nowadays also support build services and serverless computation that can be used to implement server-side business logic to complement the static content. Some also offer DNS services, and security features lik SSL certificates or protection from DDoS attacks.
The pages of this site are served by Cloudflare. Other wellknown CDNs are Akamai or Netlify.
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