Hard Design: Search Autocomplete (Google)

What caching layer can serve 80% of autocomplete traffic without hitting the application server?

— Tests your understanding of this concept.

Answer Options

A Browser localStorage

B CDN edge cache

C Application server cache

D Database query cache

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