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RUM concepts

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Explore the foundational RUM concepts. This page brings together explanations of key ideas and models, giving you the context you need to understand the bigger picture.

General concepts

RUM frontends

Learn how RUM organizes your monitored applications into frontends.

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RUM data model

Get familiar with the data model at the heart of RUM.

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Frontend-backend linking

Learn how RUM links RUM data with backend distributed traces.

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Technology-specific concepts

Concepts for web frontends

Learn about concepts for web frontends.

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Concepts for mobile frontends

Learn about the key concepts for mobile frontends in RUM, including app starts, views, navigations, user actions, and errors.

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