GLOSSARY · TOOLING
CDN
Content Delivery Network. A global network of cache nodes that serve static files (images, video, scripts) from a location physically close to the requesting user, reducing latency and origin load.
For game-server communities, the CDN is what serves player-uploaded media: screenshots, evidence clips, avatars, mod assets. Without a CDN, every file fetch hits your origin server, which adds latency and burns your egress bandwidth. With one, your global users get the file from a node in their own region
Operators historically used Discord as a poor-person's CDN, but Discord-attached files are not stable URLs you own. Dedicated CDNs (Uploadcare, Cloudinary, Bunny, ServerOps) give you a URL you control with a retention policy you set.