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This chapter outlined many of the key topics around network technology, so far as they relate to infrastructure edge computing, with the aim of providing the reader with a foundation from which to build upon other network‐related topics throughout the rest of this book. The terminology and concepts described in this chapter will be used frequently throughout this book in many chapters.

One key topic that was introduced was the STF metric. This metric allows an infrastructure edge network operator to understand the effectiveness of their network and, therefore, its real value. Although this metric could have been described in a separate chapter, it is primarily a metric that describes an infrastructure edge computing network and so it was included here rather than not.

In the next chapter, we will explore data centre technology in order to provide the context to fully understand the impact of infrastructure edge computing on data centre technology, operations, and other related topics. These topics will be explored in later chapters, using the next chapter as a base.