Glossary

Otherwise known as delay, latency is the time it takes for a data packet to move across a network connection once requested.

Digital video content (usually a game, event, program, concert, etc) streamed in real-time across multiple devices such as smartphones, tablets, computers and televisions.

Load balancing refers to efficiently distributing incoming network requests across a group of backend or middle tier servers.

Video content that lasts longer than 8 minutes (i.e., movies and original series).