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Hashing

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Hashing is a process that transforms an arbitrary piece of data into a fixed-size value, typically an integer. In the context of system design, this arbitrar...

Load Balancing

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A load balancer can be better understood through a simple use case. Consider a basic client-server architecture where a client sends requests to a server, wh...

Proxies

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Commonly utilized by malicious hackers to mask their identity and disguise their location, these distinct proxy servers also serve a variety of essential rea...

Caching

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Caching is utilized to speed up a system and reduce or improve the latency of that system.