Web cache
From Wiki @ Karl Jones dot com
A web cache (or HTTP cache) is an information technology for the temporary storage (caching) of web documents, such as HTML pages and web images.
Description
Web caches are used to reduce:
- Bandwidth usage
- Server load
- Perceived lag
A web cache system stores copies of documents passing through it; subsequent requests may be satisfied from the cache if certain conditions are met.
A web cache system can refer either to an appliance, or to a computer program.
HTTP ETag
The HTTP ETag is one of several mechanisms that HTTP provides for web cache validation.
HTTP ETag allows a client to make conditional requests.
See also
- Bandwidth (computing)
- Cache manifest in HTML5
- Content delivery network (CDN)
- Harvest project
- HTML
- HTTP ETag
- URL normalization
- Proxy server
- Web accelerator
- Web document
- Web image
- Web server
External links
- Web cache @ Wikipedia