Lesson 3: Network Limitations

Distributed applications take advantage of a network to tie components together. However, the two primary constraints of a network connection, bandwidth and latency, must be considered . This lesson explains bandwidth and latency, and provides strategies to limit the impact of low bandwidth.

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After this lesson you will be able to:

• List strategies to limit the impact of low bandwidth.
• Explain what causes latency.

Estimated lesson time 10 minutes

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