Howto: Speeding up apps using a CDN

A Content Delivery Network or Content Distribution Network (CDN) could increase application performance. Many high traffic websites are using a CDN to decrease latency (the amount of time it takes to send a data packet from source to destination). High latency will slow down transfers and that’s why CDN emerged.

A CDN is a network of strategically placed servers that delivers static content to an end user. In most cases the static content will be images, videos, files, et cetera. Based on the geographic location of the end user, the content will be send from the nearest static content server. The goal of a CDN is to deliver the requested content as fast as possible.

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