Static File

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. 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 generation per request.

    In plain English: A file on a website that is sent to your browser as-is, without the server creating or customizing it on the fly.

    Example: "Put the static files behind a CDN so the origin server only handles API calls."

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