{"id":1919,"date":"2012-10-19T12:19:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T12:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/front-end-optimization\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T12:20:22","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T12:20:22","slug":"front-end-optimization","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/1515\/front-end-optimization-feo","title":{"rendered":"Front-End Optimization"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_front-end_optimization_mean\">What Does Front-End Optimization Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Front-end optimization (FEO) is the process of optimizing the delivery of website resources from the client side. In IT, there are two different areas where technology works: the client side, or front end, and the server side, or back end. FEO reduces the number of page resources needed to download a given page, allowing the browser to process the page more quickly. For many popular sites, front-end bottlenecks account for a large percentage of users&#8217; wait time. Best practices in FEO include methods such as resource consolidation, versioning, domain sharding, minification and use of compression. New technologies are also emerging that automatically optimize Web pages.<\/p>\n<p>Front-end optimization may also be known and front-page optimization.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_front-end_optimization\">Techopedia Explains Front-End Optimization<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Part of understanding front-end optimization is to understand where the front end and back end are for any given tech system. In a Web service, the back end is where servers at the service provider\u2019s locations handle user requests. The front end is where the user&#8217;s browser downloads and presents code.<\/p>\n<p>Front-end optimization uses several processes to streamline Web page HTML code and resources, making it easier for a Web browser to load. 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