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Glossary

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare’s KV documentation.

Term Definition
KV namespace

a KV namespace is a key-value database replicated to Cloudflare’s global network. A KV namespace must require a binding and an id.

cacheTtl

cacheTtl is a parameter that defines the length of time in seconds that a KV result is cached in the global network location it is accessed from.

metadata

a metadata is a serializable value you append to each KV entry.

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