Performance / CDN
Content Delivery Network
Plain-language definitionA distributed network that serves assets or responses from locations closer to users. It can improve latency, resilience, and cache efficiency.
Why it matters
Use the term to make a better decision.
In practice, content delivery network matters when a team needs to connect a technical or creative choice to a visible change in clarity, performance, discovery, or conversion. The useful question is not whether the term sounds sophisticated. It is what decision it helps the team make.