text: **Understanding serverless data processing**
  
  Processing data in serverless applications largely falls within the following three patterns: 
  
  •**Asynchronous processing**– big data processing, image/video manipulation, web hooks 
  
  •**Synchronous processing**– web apps, web services, microservices, web hooks 
  
  •**Streaming**– processing inbound data streams, from apps, IoT devices 