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Jargon naivete question: isn't "on the edge" normally implying on a server side with minimal routers hops to the client, not on client side?

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afaik "edge" nearly always means taking place on the device a user is interacting with. no server involved except perhaps as authentication etc. but there is probably some other situation where "edge" could mean local infra or caching.

I think the etymology of “edge computing” is derived from “network edge”, ie the outer shell of some network/autonomous system.

The closest point within your control that interfaces with devices outside of your control.

Seeing the term get used to describe client devices themselves kinda muddies the terminology.

Agreed.

(autocorrect style typo above: etymology)

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I've definitely seen edge computing used in the context of IoT to refer to compute done on sensing devices. The less narrow meaning at least isn't really "new".

+1 yes, for a service using network caching like using Cloudflare. I would've referred to their CDN as the Edge of our network.

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