Device Memory
Device Memory is a RUM metric that reports the amount of RAM on a user's device (e.g., 4GB, 8GB). This allows you to analyze performance for users on high-end devices versus those on low-memory devices, which may struggle more with complex websites.
Related web performance terms
- DOM (Document Object Model)
The DOM is a tree-like representation of all the elements in an HTML document that is created by the browser when it loads a page.
- DOM Content Loaded
DOM Content Loaded (DOMContentLoaded or DCL) is a browser event that fires when the initial HTML document has been completely loaded and parsed, without waiting for stylesheets, images, and subframes to finish loading.
- DOM Size
DOM Size refers to the total number of elements (nodes) and the complexity of their nesting within a page's HTML structure.
- Deferred JS loading
Deferred JS loading is a technique for loading JavaScript files in a non-blocking way using the `defer` attribute on a `<script>` tag.