Computing's invisible challenge
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:31
in Mathematics & Economics
To us, it may not seem like a big deal: CNN's website is taking too long to load. The day's most popular YouTube video won't stop buffering. "Twitter is over capacity." While these little hiccups in usability may frustrate end users, they merely scratch the surface of the enormous technical challenge that's confronting the backend.