FCP

Technology & Computing abbreviation · Internet & Web

FCP
Stands forFirst Contentful Paint
CategoriesTechnology & Computing

FCP stands for First Contentful Paint, an Internet & web abbreviation.

A page-load metric marking the moment the browser first renders any text, image or other content, telling the user the page is actually loading. Google's tools rate 1.8 seconds or less as good.

Example: FCP is fine, but the main product image appears much later, so focus on LCP.

Usage notes

A diagnostic metric reported by Lighthouse and Chrome tools rather than one of the Core Web Vitals. It is affected by server response time and render-blocking CSS and fonts. It differs from Largest Contentful Paint, which waits for the biggest element instead of the first.

More Internet & web abbreviations

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  • CSR – Client-side rendering
  • CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
  • CWV – Core Web Vitals
  • DOM – Document Object Model
  • ES6 – ECMAScript 6
  • FID – First Input Delay
  • FOUC – Flash of unstyled content
  • gTLD – Generic top-level domain
  • HLS – HTTP Live Streaming
  • HTML – HyperText Markup Language
  • HTML5 – HyperText Markup Language 5

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