päätelaitteessa
Päätelaitteessa is a Finnish IT term used to describe where data processing, storage and software execution takes place, namely on the endpoint device itself rather than on a central server or in the cloud. The term is connected to the concept of päätelaitteet, the user-facing devices such as smartphones, PCs, wearables and embedded devices.
In practice, päätelaitteessa indicates that computations are performed on the device or close to the data source.
Advantages of on-device processing include reduced latency, lower bandwidth consumption, and enhanced privacy since data can
In Finnish IT documentation and architecture discussions, päätelaitteessa is contrasted with cloud- and server-side processing. The
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