Content Delivery Networking
Content Distribution Network
A company that delivers streaming media via an intelligent distributed network. This means that audio or video streams will be delivered more reliably, with less buffering and time outs. Generally, this will provide a better overall experience for the end user.
Content Delivery Network is a network optimized to deliver specific content, such as static Web pages, transaction-based Web sites, streaming media, or even real-time video or audio. Its purpose is to quickly give users the most current content in a highly available graphics or streaming video.
Content Delivery Network. A CDN maintains multiple locations with copies of the same content, and uses information about the end user and the requested content to deliver the most appropriate content to that end user. Customers of a CDN tend to be companies that want to offer their content to geographically distributed, large audiences.
Content Delivery Network, such as Akamai or Speedera.