===== Edge Computing =====
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**Edge Computing** in IT is defined as the deployment of data-handling activities or other network operations away from centralized and always-connected network segments, and toward individual sources of data capture, such as endpoints like laptops, tablets or smartphones. Through this type of network engineering, IT professionals hope to improve [[ddsf:public:guidebook:06_append:glossary:n:networksecurity|network security]] and enhance other network outcomes.

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