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The Rise of Edge Computing: What It Is and Why It Matters

  In today's interconnected world, we are generating more data than ever before. From our smartphones and smart homes to our cars and workplaces, devices are constantly collecting and transmitting data. While cloud computing has been the go-to solution for processing and analyzing this data, a new technology called edge computing is gaining popularity. Edge computing is a decentralized computing architecture that brings processing power and storage closer to the source of the data. Rather than sending all the data to a central cloud, edge computing allows data to be processed and analyzed at the edge of the network, which can be a local device, a sensor, or a gateway. This can provide several benefits, including faster processing times, reduced latency, improved security, and lower costs. One of the main advantages of edge computing is its ability to reduce latency. Latency is the time it takes for data to travel from a device to a cloud server and back. In many applications, such