Glossary term
What is Edge location?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Edge location" means: A small site close to users where copies of your content can be kept so pages load faster. It is taught in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup. Related terms include Availability Zone (AZ), Latency, Region and IaaS, PaaS, SaaS.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Edge location?
A small site close to users where copies of your content can be kept so pages load faster.
Where is Edge location taught?
Edge location is defined in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup.
AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup
Which lessons cover Edge location?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup, lesson 2.1: Regions, Availability Zones and edge locations
Which terms are related to Edge location?
Next to Edge location in the course glossaries: Availability Zone (AZ), Latency, Region, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Data center, On-premises, Cloud computing and Hybrid.
Availability Zone (AZ)LatencyRegionIaaS, PaaS, SaaSData centerOn-premisesCloud computingHybrid
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Edge location?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup: No cloud, coding or IT experience is needed.