A 2.1.2 Modern Digital Infrastructures
Modern digital infrastructures are the large-scale systems that carry, store and process the data behind almost every digital service. They are what lets a message, a payment or a video reach you in a moment, wherever you are. The syllabus names five of them: the internet, cloud computing, distributed systems, edge computing and mobile networks. This page describes what each is for, then sets out the benefits and...