What is a CDN?

[jasonhalle]

What is a CDN? Why you need a CDN for your WordPress Blog?

 

[Shiksha]

A content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a globally distributed network of proxy servers deployed in multiple data centers. The goal of a CDN is to serve content to end-users with high availability and high performance.

 

[stuartspindlow11]

A CDN is a system of distributed servers that deliver webpages and other Web content to a user based on the geographic locations of the user, the origin of the webpage and a content delivery server.

 

[propertyboulevard]

A content delivery network (CDN) is a system of distributed servers (network) that deliver webpages and other Web content to a user based on the geographic locations of the user, the origin of the webpage and a content delivery server.

 

[cinemagicllc]

(CDN) content distribution network, CDN is for load reduction and the resulting consistent speed it gives you, especially when traffic spikes

 

[SEONinja]

​A content delivery network (CDN) is a collection of global servers that caches and delivers content such as images, videos and Javascript files. When a user requests a web page, for instance, content on that page is delivered by the closest edge server rather than the origin server, thereby decreasing page load time.

 

[elenajayden]

A content delivery network (CDN) is a system of distributed servers (network) that deliver webpages and other Web content to a user based on the geographic locations of the user, the origin of the webpage and a content delivery server.

 

[iambhevendra]

A CDN is essentially a network of geographically dispersed servers. Each CDN node (also called Edge Servers) caches the static content of a site like the images, CSS/JS files and other structural components. The majority of an end-user's page load time is spent on retrieving this content, and so it makes sense to provide these "building blocks" of a site in as many server nodes as possible, distributed throughout the world.

 

[aceamerican]

A Content Delivery Network is an interconnected system of cache servers that use geographical proximity as a criteria for delivering Web content.

 

[josephfranklin166]

CDN is short for Content Delivery Network which is a network of servers that deliver cached static content from websites to users based on the geographic location of the user. Pretty confusing eh? Let’s break it down in simpler words

 

[pawleybel]

A content delivery network (CDN) is a system of distributed servers (network) that deliver webpages and other Web content to a user based on the geographic locations of the user, the origin of the webpage and a content delivery server.

 

[arsalan1101]

Content delivery network CDN is a system of distributed servers network that deliver webpages and other Web content to a user based on the geographic locations of the user, the origin of the webpage and a content delivery server.

 

[adlersmith]

A content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a globally distributed system of proxies web servers implemented in multiple data centers. The goal of a CDN is to serve content to end-users with good accessibility and high performance.

 

[alex.thomson]

In the present world, SEOs everywhere have stressed page load time and page speed must be considered, and Google has even admitted that page speed does matter. CDNs play a huge part in optimizing page speed and many people aren’t familiar with CDNs or the process in which they can improve page speed.

 

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A content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a globally distributed network of proxy servers deployed in multiple data centers. The goal of a CDN is to serve content to end-users with high availability and high performance. CDNs serve a large fraction of the Internet content today, including web objects (text, graphics and scripts), downloadable objects (media files, software, documents), applications (e-commerce, portals), live streaming media, on-demand streaming media, and social networks.