# Explaining What a CDN is to a Five Year Old

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/explaining-what-a-cdn-is-to-a-five-year-old/640685
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [October 1, 2019, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/explaining-what-a-cdn-is-to-a-five-year-old/640685 "2019-10-01T07:14:22Z")
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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2019, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/explaining-what-a-cdn-is-to-a-five-year-old/640685/1 "2019-10-01T07:14:22Z")

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by [kirupa](https://www.kirupa.com/www.kirupa.com/me/index.htm) | filed under [Web Apps](https://www.kirupa.com/apps/index.htm)

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.kirupa.com/apps/cdn.htm](https://www.kirupa.com/apps/cdn.htm)

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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/explaining-what-a-cdn-is-to-a-five-year-old/640685/2 "2021-10-09T05:08:25Z")

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And, here is a video version of this:

[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/f/8/f85c5607f58990149fa1c5d3e26e899617c562b0.jpeg "What is a CDN?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQjOtN6phFM)