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title: "Server-side rendering (SSR): glossary: Agent Ready HTML"
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# Server-side rendering (SSR): glossary: Agent Ready HTML

> Server-side rendering (SSR) defined: Rendering a page to HTML on the server per request, so the response carries the content. A dated, sourced example follows.

Source: https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/server-side-rendering/
Site: Agent Ready HTML
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

# Server-side rendering (SSR)

In short

Rendering a page to HTML on the server per request, so the response carries the content. Example: Nuxt universal rendering returns a fully rendered HTML page from the server. Related terms: Prerendering, Soft 404, Server Components. Prerendering: Rendering pages to static HTML at build time so every request gets finished content.

## Source of the example

The example in the summary above is from [nuxt.com](https://nuxt.com/docs/4.x/guide/concepts/rendering), read 4 November 2026.

## Where it shows up on this site

-   [Guide: move the answer into the initial HTML](https://agentreadyhtml.com/guides/move-answer-into-initial-html/)

## Neighbouring terms

-   [Prerendering](https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/prerendering/): Rendering pages to static HTML at build time so every request gets finished content.
-   [Soft 404](https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/soft-404/): A missing page that returns 200 with an error message in the body.
-   [Server Components](https://agentreadyhtml.com/glossary/server-components/): React components that render on the server; the default for pages and layouts in the Next.js App Router.

## Sources

1.  [nuxt.com](https://nuxt.com/docs/4.x/guide/concepts/rendering) https://nuxt.com/docs/4.x/guide/concepts/rendering, read 4 November 2026

Last reviewed 4 November 2026

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