CloudFront is a CDN
It's a global service, not specific to any region.
Edge Location: location where content will be cached and is separate from an AWS region/Availability Zone(AZ).
Origin: Origin of all files that the CDN will distribute. This can be an S3 bucket, an EC2 instance, an Elastic Load Balancer, or Route53.
Distribution: This is the name given to the CDN which consists of a collection of Edge Locations.
CloudFront distribution types:
Web Distribution: Typically used for Websites.
RTMP: Used for adobe flash media streaming.
Objects are cached for the life of the TTL.
Cache can be cleared, but it'll be charged.
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