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=Mozilla specific terms=


== Backfill ==
== Backfill ==
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== Downstream ==
== Downstream ==
Alert triggered by a commit that originally happened on another repo and was merged into the current one after.
Alert triggered by a commit that originally happened on another repo and was merged into the current one after.
== First Contentful Paint (fcp) ==
First Contentful Paint (FCP) measures the time from navigation to the time when the browser renders the first bit of content from the DOM.


== First Non-Blank Paint (fnbpaint) ==
== First Non-Blank Paint (fnbpaint) ==
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== WebPageTest ==
== WebPageTest ==
Accurately measure, track, and report on key Firefox-performance metrics, over time.
Accurately measure, track, and report on key Firefox-performance metrics, over time.
= Fenix =
The Fenix team, for better or worse, hasn't been coordinating with desktop strongly to make all terms consistent. Some issues with trying to do so:
# The fenix team is unfamiliar with desktop terminology and we don't have working patterns across desktop and mobile performance
# We're actively learning more and more about measuring performance on fenix so definitions may adapt as we learn more
See [[Performance/Fenix/Glossary]] for Fenix-specific terminology.
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