origin server, and various types of communications
internal to the Akamai network as well.
Ina typical scenario, the end user is first mapped to a nearby server. That server then uses the high- performance
overlay to cross the Internet, reaching an Akamai machine near the enterprises origin server.
Typically, the Akamai server will be in the same network or even the same data center
as the enterprise origin, so latencies between the two are very low. The overlay uses several techniques to improve performance by reducing both the number of round trips and the round trip time needed for any given communication.
These techniques, described below, all represent areas of
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