CDN (Content Delivery Network)
A network of servers that caches a site's content closer to visitors, reducing load times.
In practice
Without one, every visitor's request travels all the way to a site's origin server, which is slower for visitors far from that server's location - a CDN caches copies of a site's assets at servers around the world so content loads from whichever one is closest to the visitor.
A shopper in Australia loads a store's product images from a nearby CDN server instead of waiting for them to load from the store's origin server in the US.
Why it matters
For a business selling internationally, a CDN can be the difference between an acceptable and a frustratingly slow experience for customers far from the origin server.
Worth knowing
- Caches static content (images, scripts, stylesheets) at servers distributed around the world.
- Reduces load on the origin server, helping a site handle traffic spikes more gracefully.
- Most modern ecommerce platforms and hosting providers include CDN support by default.
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