Progressive Loading
Noun · Development
Definitions
A technique for rendering content incrementally as it becomes available — showing skeleton screens, low-resolution placeholders, or partial data — rather than blocking the entire UI until all resources are fully loaded. Progressive JPEGs, lazy-loaded images, and streaming HTML are all forms of this approach.
In plain English: Showing parts of a page as they load rather than making users wait for everything to finish before seeing anything.
Example: "We switched to progressive loading with skeleton screens so users see the page layout instantly instead of staring at a spinner for three seconds."