# Cross-link map: Vercel fundamental concepts (/docs/fundamentals)

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## Semantically closest pages

- [How requests flow through Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/fundamentals/infrastructure) — Learn how Vercel routes, secures, and serves requests from your users to your application.
- [How Vercel builds your application](https://vercel.com/docs/fundamentals/builds) — Learn how Vercel transforms your source code into optimized assets ready to serve globally.
- [How Vercel CDN Works](https://vercel.com/docs/how-vercel-cdn-works) — Learn how Vercel's CDN processes requests through routing, caching, and compute layers to deliver your content with low
- [Vercel Connect Concepts](https://vercel.com/docs/connect/concepts) — Understand the core building blocks of Vercel Connect: connectors, installations, tokens, project links, triggers, and a
- [Products](https://vercel.com/docs/products) — Browse Vercel products for building, deploying, securing, observing, and scaling web applications.

## This page links to (3)

- [How Vercel builds your application](https://vercel.com/docs/fundamentals/builds) — Learn how Vercel transforms your source code into optimized assets ready to serve globally.
- [How requests flow through Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/fundamentals/infrastructure) — Learn how Vercel routes, secures, and serves requests from your users to your application.
- [What is Compute?](https://vercel.com/docs/fundamentals/what-is-compute) — Learn how compute works on Vercel with Fluid compute, and how it compares to traditional server and serverless models.

## Pages that link here (1)

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- [Getting started with Vercel](https://vercel.com/docs/getting-started-with-vercel) — Install the Vercel CLI, add the Vercel Plugin or agent skills, connect Vercel MCP, and deploy your first project.