Glossary

A file used to bring files together for playback. In the MainStreaming environment, a playlist can contain multiple video files enabling customers to create a stream containing multiple on-demand (or live) events into one player or playback experience.

Point of Presence (POP), is a collection of servers, routers, network switches and other network equipment housed in a datacenter, Priority, Setting that enables users to specify the order request and cache settings executed within their subroutines.

An HTTP Cache-Control directive that allows users to select which objects are not cached.

A progressive download is the transfer of digital media files from a server to a client, typically using the HTTP protocol when initiated from a computer. The viewer may begin playback of the media before the download is complete. This is different than streaming since the entire content of the video is downloaded from first byte to last, rather than streamed like HLS, HSS, or MPEG Dash.

A term used by MainStreaming to indicate a isolated account. The term is often used when a customer has requirements to keep different divisions of the same parent account, separated.

The process of picking out one or more objects from the cache and discarding it along with its variants.