Verkkosidottu

Verkkosidottu is a Finnish term used in information technology to describe a system, process, or workload whose performance is limited primarily by network characteristics such as bandwidth and latency, rather than by local CPU, memory, or storage resources. The word combines verkko meaning network with sidottu meaning bound or tied, signaling dependence on network connectivity.

In practice, verkkosidottu describes scenarios where data transfer to or from a remote location dominates execution time. Common contexts include streaming services whose throughput is constrained by wide-area network bandwidth, remote or cloud-hosted databases and services with high latency, and distributed workloads communicating over a network.

The concept is parallel to English terms such as network-bound or I/O-bound, and it is often contrasted with CPU-bound, memory-bound, or disk I/O-bound workloads. Assessments typically consider measured network latency, available bandwidth, protocol overhead, and serialization costs.

Optimization approaches for verkkosidottu workloads include improving data locality (caching and edge computing), reducing round-trips, compression, efficient serialization, batching requests, and employing content delivery networks or closer data centers to reduce latency.

Limitations and variations: verkkosidottu is not a formal standard term, and usage can vary between organizations and contexts. It is most common in IT discussions dealing with performance, cloud services, and distributed systems.

See also: bandwidth, latency, I/O-bound, CPU-bound, data locality, edge computing, CDN.