page load

Website finally renders

Page load is the process of a web browser retrieving and displaying a webpage's content.

The term appears in discussions of website performance and user experience: The page load took forever on my slow connection.

Page load time—how long this process takes—is a key metric for web developers and affects search engine rankings.

Related

speedRate of motion
renderCause to become
above the foldVisible without scrolling
bufferProtective intermediate space
spinnerThing that rotates

progress bar · timeout · refresh · slow · fast · bandwidth · latency · content · browser · website · delay · progress · wait · fetch · request · server response · response · cache

Categories

Loading Termscargo, freight, shipment, hauling, packing
latencylatency, delay, lag, ping, response time
user actionsclick, tap, swipe, submit, login

Opposites

data transfer direction

page loadform submission

Transmitting filled-out data

file upload · download

process completion

page load404 error

Missing webpage response code

connection timeout · server error · connection refused · broken link

Family

page, load, pages, paged, paging, pageant, pagination, paginate, loads

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G