Common Access Token (CAT)
Common Access Token (CAT) is a CTA standard (CTA-5007-A) published in 2024 defining a token structure which can be used across multiple interoperable CDNs.
Common Access Token (CAT) is a CTA standard (CTA-5007-A) published in 2024 defining a token structure which can be used across multiple interoperable CDNs.
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is the use of keys and certificates to authorize playback of a video stream to a specific user and/or device over IP streaming like OTT. DRM provides a mechanism to distribute content encryption keys securely, to specify rules for the use of those keys, and to . . . Read more
Time to First Byte (TTFB) refers to the time between the browser requesting a resource (i.e., a webpage, a video manifest, a video segment) and when it receives the first byte of information from the server. This time includes DNS lookup and establishing the connection using a TCP handshake and TLS handshake if the request is made . . . Read more
Measure of total time for network request (e.g. for a media object) to travel over the network and for response to travel back.
Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC) is a UDP-based transport layer network protocol. HTTP/3 uses QUIC to achieve performance enhancements (e.g. simpler handshakes, multiplexing) such as lower latency media streaming.
Hostname of an Edge server that end users use to request a file
Amount of data that flows from Point A to Point B within the network over a certain period of time
A temporary location that stores copies of objects.
The system property that describes the ratio of “cache hits” to the number of requests.
A cache hit is when a request for data from a cache server is found on the server in memory or on disk and served.