Glossary · Phase 8 · APIs
CDN
Servers around the world that keep copies of content close to users, so it loads faster.
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Running APIs in production · Versioning, CORS, caching, request ids and health checks. About 40 minutes.
Other terms from the same lesson
- CORS: Headers a server sends to tell browsers which other websites may read its responses.
- load balancer: A service that spreads incoming requests across several copies of a server.
- request id: A unique id for one request, put in every log line and the response, so its trail can be found later.
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