Single-page application

How it is used

Usually shortened to SPA. SPAs feel fast after the first load but need extra work for SEO, the back button and initial load time, so many teams now combine them with server rendering.

Example sentences

1. Our admin panel is a single-page application built with Vue.

2. Since it's a single-page application, the browser never does a full reload.

Common collocations

• build a single-page application
• SPA framework
• client-side routing
• multi-page application

Related terms

• web appAn application that runs in a web browser instead of being installed on the device, such as online email, maps or a project management tool.
• frameworkA ready-made structure for building applications that gives you rules, tools and common parts, so you only write the code that is specific to your product.
• SEOSearch Engine Optimization: work that helps a site's pages to be found, understood and shown higher in search engines such as Google.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• single-page application · Web Development

More terms: Web, Mobile and Interface Development

• front end
• back end
• full stack
• browser
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• URL
• server
• client
• element
• tag