Cdn Glossary

Browse 7 cdn terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

7 Cdn Terms

Anycast: A network addressing method where the same IP address is advertised from multiple locations worldwide. Traffic is automatically routed to the nearest (by BGP...
Cloud CDN: A content delivery network service provided as part of a cloud platform to cache and serve content from edge locations closer to users. Cloud CDNs are commonly...
Content Delivery: The process of distributing application assets, media, documents, or pages efficiently to users across different locations and devices. Content delivery often...
Edge Computing: Edge Computing is a distributed computing paradigm that processes data closer to where it is generated rather than sending everything to a centralized cloud...
Edge Security: The protection of systems and traffic at the network or application edge, where requests first meet services such as CDNs, reverse proxies, gateways, and edge...
Mirror: A replica server or repository that maintains a synchronized copy of another source — such as a Linux package repository, a Docker registry, or a Git remote —...
Static File: A file served to the client exactly as stored on disk — such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, or fonts — without any server-side processing or dynamic...