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Plate TERM·125 · TermGrid C6 · Rev. 2026-08-14

Largest Contentful Paint

How long until the main thing on the page appears.

TermCraft conventionFoundational

Definition

The time until the largest content element in the viewport is rendered.

Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.

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  1. 1Definition
  2. 2Local chart
  3. 3Continue from here

In plain language

How long until the main thing on the page appears.

Example

Usually determined by the hero image or heading, which is why lazy-loading the hero is a mistake.

Local chart

TERM·125 · Region X · Grid C6

This entry and the entries it is stated to connect with. Each line is labelled with what the connection means.

Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.

Deeper reading

The full entry behind this definition.

Nearby in the Atlas

Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.