Definitions

Admin

Administrator - direct controller of a hosted service and its content. In self-hosting, this is usually the same person as the same as the host.

CDN

Abbreviation for "content delivery network," a system of distributed servers that deliver web content to users with performance more favourable than a standard client-server model across one or more metrics, usually scale and geographic distance.

CDN User

Consumer of content delivered by a CDN. Typically, this could be a user viewing a website, or a service taking advantage of CDN-hosted data.

Host

Disambiguation:

Verb - to control and provide hardware that enables a website or web service public.

Noun - Natural person(s) that control hosting hardware.

P2P

Abbreviation for "peer-to-peer," a decentralized network architecture.

P2PCDN

The peer-to-peer content delivery network software discussed on this page.

PCP

P2P CDN Peer. A node in the P2P CDN network that participates in content distribution.

User

Natural person using software to pursue their goals.