The internet has been defined by the build-out of an immense amount of global network infrastructure and commensurate cloud data center infrastructure to host the web services and platforms that have come to redefine how we live and work. General human information retrieval (search, web browsing) and communication, e-commerce and entertainment services (audio, video, email, or text messaging) can be served adequately if they meet the human perception limit of about 100ms. This has allowed the cloud data centers to reside thousands of kilometers away from the end-user and still achieve reasonable service performance.
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