Glossary
Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's KV documentation.
| Term | Definition | 
| 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.  |   
| 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.  |   
| metadata | A metadata is a serializable value you append to each KV entry.  |   
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