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In this article, we will try to answer the above two questions by understanding different situations that we might encounter during software…

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What is Peer-to-Peer Networks? In the common client-server architecture, multiple clients will communicate with a central server. A peer-to-peer (P2P…

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Whenever we build any Web Application dealing with real-time data, we need to consider delivering data to the Client. While building such a Web…

Introduction Ever wondered how does 1-click-buy works on Amazon? How does an e-commerce platform show the status of your order after the order is…

What are Load Balancers? A load balancer is a software or a hardware device that sits between clients and a set of servers and basically has a…